Question

An unidentified flying object has crashed in your yard! An alien emerges from the wreckage. The alien tells you that it has traveled here from the planet Geela which is 5.670x10^3 light years away. How many miles away is Geela? 1.06 x 10^-16 light years = 6.21 x 10^-4 miles

Answer 1

Answer : Geela away is
`33.22* 10^(15)\text{ miles}`

Explanation :

As we are given that the alien tells you that it has traveled here from the planet Geela which is 5.670 × 10³ light years away.

And we know that:

`1.06* 10^(-16)\text{ light years}=6.21* 10^(-4)\text{ miles}`

Now we have to determine the distance away is Geela.

As,
`1.06* 10^(-16)\text{ light years}=6.21* 10^(-4)\text{ miles}`

So,
`5.670* 10^(3)\text{ light years}=\frac{5.670* 10^(3)\text{ light years}}{1.06* 10^(-16)\text{ light years}}* 6.21* 10^(-4)\text{ miles}`

=
`33.22* 10^(15)\text{ miles}`

Therefore, the Geela away is
`33.22* 10^(15)\text{ miles}`