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use the definition of the meter to determine how far light travels in 1

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The definition of a meter: Distance traversed in vacuum by light in 1/299,792,458 of a second. 

According to this light travels 299,792,458 meters in a second. A nanosecond is 1 billionth of a second so light travels 299792458 / 1,000,000,000 meters in a nanosecond or 0.299792458m. (In a vacuum).
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