How many miles is 500 million light years?

1 Answer
May 22, 2018

See a solution process below:

Explanation:

The relation between lights years and miles is:

1 light year=5,878,625,373,183.6 miles

Therefore, if we multiply each side of the equation by 500 million we will know how many miles in 500 million light years:

500 million×1 light year=500 million×5,878,625,373,183.6 miles

500 million light years=2939312686591800.00 million miles

500 million light years=2939312686591800.00×1000000 mile

500 million light years=2939312686591800000000miles

There are 2,939,312,686,591,800,000,000 miles in 500 million light years

or

2.939×1021 miles in 500 million light years.