That it takes light about 1,016,703,396,069,942,173 X 10^-27 seconds to travel one foot. Fun little fact. I was bored so I did all the calculations from 186,282.4 mi/sec.
Here's the math if you are interested:
5280 = 1 foot in a mile
5280 X 186,282.4 = 983,571,072
1/983,571,072 ≈ 1,016,703,396,069,942,173 X 10^-27
or you could just round of to about 1.02. I tried to make it exact, but it seemed to be an irrational number.
Here's the math if you are interested:
5280 = 1 foot in a mile
5280 X 186,282.4 = 983,571,072
1/983,571,072 ≈ 1,016,703,396,069,942,173 X 10^-27
or you could just round of to about 1.02. I tried to make it exact, but it seemed to be an irrational number.
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You were bored and computed the speed of light in feet per second? I'm impressed. But you have made an error - 1/1,000,000,000 is 1 x 10^-9 (not -27) seconds
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A long time ago my High School chemistry teacher [while covering units and conversions thereof] had us calculate the speed of light in furlongs/fortnight.
A furlong = 1/8 mile
fortnight = 14 days
I recall converting the stated number of [kilo]calories in a Big Mac into kWH, and getting a scary result
A furlong = 1/8 mile
fortnight = 14 days
I recall converting the stated number of [kilo]calories in a Big Mac into kWH, and getting a scary result
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You got your exponent wrong. should be 10^-9.
I use this fact quite a bit in my work, but I use the fact that light travels 11.803 inches per nanosecond.
I use this fact quite a bit in my work, but I use the fact that light travels 11.803 inches per nanosecond.
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You are wrong genius that should be 10^-9
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yup 10 -9 billy