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It would take (10 divided by 30,000,000,000) seconds to travel 10 cms, which is 0.000000000333333 of a second (approximately!) In nanoseconds this is 1/3rd of a nanosecond.

For all practical purposes, for such a small distance, one could consider that the beam of light (in space) would travel that distance almost in an instant. It's that fast!

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Q: The velocity of light is 3 x 10000000000 cm per second How long will it take a beam of light to travel 10 cm?
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