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The distance to the Andromeda Galaxy is estimated at about 2  106 light years. A light year is the distance traveled by light in one year; if the speed of light is 3  108 m/s, about how far is it from our galaxy to Andromeda? (1 year = 3.15  107 s)
 a. 10  1015 m
  c. 2  1022 m
  b. 1  1018 m
  d. 6  1012 m

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A cereal box has the dimensions of 0.19 m  0.28 m  0.080 m. If there are 3.28 feet per meter, then what is the volume of the box in cubic feet?
 a. 0.0043 cubic feet
  c. 0.046 cubic feet
  b. 0.15 cubic feet
  d. 0.0014 cubic feet


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mbcrismon

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Reply #1 on: Jul 28, 2018
Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

B


kodithompson

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Reply 2 on: Jul 28, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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Great answer, keep it coming :)

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