A light year is the distance light will travel in one year, a light minute is the distance light will travel in one minute.
The speed of light is 299 792 458 metres per second.
In one minute light will travel 60 x 299 792 458 = 17 987 547 480 metres.
1 light minute (in vacuum) = 17,987,547,480 meters (easier just to remember "about 18 billion")
The distance light travels in a minute is approximately 18,000,000 kilometers. This is equivalent to 18,000,000,000 meters in one light minute.
In a second, light travels about 300,000 km., or 300,000,000 meters. Multiply this by 60.In a second, light travels about 300,000 km., or 300,000,000 meters. Multiply this by 60.In a second, light travels about 300,000 km., or 300,000,000 meters. Multiply this by 60.In a second, light travels about 300,000 km., or 300,000,000 meters. Multiply this by 60.
...24!
23.08 meters per minute = 0.38467 meters per second (rounded)
There are 60 seconds in one minute. So however many meters the car coversin one second, it covers 60 times as many meters in a whole minute.
Meters per minute, per minute M/min/min Think of it as "How many meters per minute is gained, per minute"
A light nanosecond second is .3 meters (good to remember this), so a light second is 0.3 X 10^9 meters. A light minute is 60 X 0.3 X 10^9 meters which is 18 x 10^6 kilometers.
-Light travels at 299,792,458 meters per second.-There is 31,556,926 seconds in one year.-Light travels 9,460,528,412,464,108 meters in one year and after doing the math, light travels 9,460,528,412,464.108 kilometers in one year.
1 light-minute is 11,176,943.823 miles.
Multiply 0.30 (meters/minute) by 15 (minutes) to get your answer. The "/minute" and "minutes" will cancel out when you do so, leaving your answer in meters.
60.