If you travel at the speed of light for 5 years, how far do you go in kilometers?
Category: Math · Difficulty: expert
Hint: Use the speed of light in a vacuum, which is approximately 300,000 km/s.
Answer
47 trillion
Explanation
In 5 years, light travels about 5.88 trillion miles, which is approximately 47 trillion kilometers.
This is a expert math riddle — one of the harder riddles here. The answer is 47 trillion.
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