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O-LevelMathematicsNumber4024/11 · Oct/Nov 2010 · Q143 Marks

The speed of light is given as 3 × 10⁵ km/s. Writing each answer in standard form, calculate

  1. (a)the distance, in kilometres, that light travels in one minute,[1]
  2. (b)the time, in seconds, that light takes to travel 150 km.[2]

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Number, O-Level Mathematics (syllabus 4024). Structured question, 3 marks.
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O-Level Mathematics, Oct/Nov 2010 Paper 1 Variant 1, question 14.

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