A lightyear is a unit of length equal to the distance that light travels in 1 year.What is 1 lightyear expressed in units of meters? The speed of light is 3.00 × 10⁸ m/s. A)9.51 × 10⁰ m B)9.46 × 10¹⁵ m C)3.00 × 10⁸ m D)1.05 × 10^-1 m E)1.06 × 10^-16 m

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To calculate the distance of one lightyear in meters, multiply the speed of light (3.00 × 10^8 m/s) by the number of seconds in a year (365.25 days/year * 24 hours/day * 3600 seconds/hour). This calculation gives approximately 9.46 × 10^15 meters, making option B correct.

A Lightyear Is a Unit of Length Equal to the Distance