) Express the speed of light, 3.00 x 108 m/s in: a) Feet per nanosecond        b) millimeters per femtosecond

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7) Express the speed of light, 3.00 x 108 m/s in:

  1. a) Feet per nanosecond 

 

 

 

  1. b) millimeters per femtosecond 
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speed of light= 3×108 m/s

1 m= 3.28 ft

(a) speed in Feet per nanosecond :

3×108ms=3×108 3.28 ft109 ns

=0.984 ft/ns

 

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