Understanding Our Universe
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ISBN: 9780393614428
Author: PALEN, Stacy, Kay, Laura, Blumenthal, George (george Ray)
Publisher: W.w. Norton & Company,
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Chapter 1, Problem 40QAP
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The travel time of light in standard notation and scientific notation.
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