calculate how many miles a light pulsewill travel in 0.50 ms. The speed of light

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calculate how many miles a light pulsewill travel in 0.50 ms. The speed of light is given as c = 300 x 10^8 m/s(meters/second). I got this wrong on my homework, the professor did not show ushow to get the answer. he only told us the answer. Pleasehelp. calculate how many miles a light pulsewill travel in 0.50 ms. The speed of light is given as c = 300 x 10^8 m/s(meters/second). I got this wrong on my homework, the professor did not show ushow to get the answer. he only told us the answer. Pleasehelp.

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   The distance travelled by the light pulseis                d = c t                    = (3.00 x 10 ^8 m/s)(0.5 *10-3s)( 1 mile/1609.344m)                   = --- miles

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