2006-06-15 17:27:18 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
theoretically nothing can travel faster than light which is 186,000 miles/sec, but i don't agree with that theory at all
2006-06-15 17:30:33 · answer #1 · answered by brett_otte 4 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Light travels at 186,000 miles/sec.
Multiply by 60 seconds times 60 minutes to get speed in hours.
Therefore, light travels at 669,600,000 miles/hour
So 669.6 million miles per hour is less than 1 billion miles per hour.
2006-06-15 17:32:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 billion miles/hour
The speed of light in a vacuum is denoted by the letter c for constant or the Latin celeritas (speed). The speed of light through a transparent medium (that is, not in vacuum) is less than c; the ratio of c to this speed is called the refractive index of the medium.
In metric units, c is exactly 299,792,458 metres per second or 1,079,252,848.8 kilometres per hour. Converted to imperial units, it is approximately 186,282.397 miles per second, or 670,616,629.384 miles per hour. Note that this speed is a definition, not a measurement, since the fundamental SI unit of length, the metre, has been defined since 21 October 1983 in terms of the speed of light—one metre is the distance light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second.
2006-06-15 17:31:24 · answer #3 · answered by taylormade9998 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The speed of light is exactly (by definition) 299,792,458 m/s. This converts to 670,616,629 mph.
1 billion miles per hour = 1 E9 mph which is faster than the speed of light in a vacuum, therefore, impossible to achieve.
http://www.digitaldutch.com/unitconverter/
2006-06-15 17:30:16 · answer #4 · answered by mrjeffy321 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The speed of light is about 186,000 miles/second, or about 669 million mph, so 1 billion mph would be faster. Of course, you can't get there at least as we understand physics today.
2006-06-15 17:31:37 · answer #5 · answered by Flyboy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the speed of light is 186000 miles/second. Multiply the number 186000 miles by 3600 (the number of seconds in one hour). you get 669.6 million mph. I do not need to tell you whether 1 billion mph is faster or slower than the speed of light. You can do the math.
2006-06-15 17:33:38 · answer #6 · answered by caltam84 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
186000 Miles Per Hour
2017-02-20 21:55:15 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
light travels (approx) 669,600,000 miles per hour, so a billion miles per hour is faster.
2006-06-15 17:31:24 · answer #8 · answered by © 2007. Sammy Z. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
670,616,629.384 miles per hour is the speed of light so 1,000,000,000 miles per hour is faster.
2006-06-15 17:30:25 · answer #9 · answered by nevyn55025 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you mean "Light" : one billion mph is faster. Light travels at 700 million mph.
2006-06-15 17:32:02 · answer #10 · answered by IveGotTheAnswer! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Light is approx. 669,600,000 miles per hour.
2006-06-15 17:30:26 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋