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Which is larger:
centimetres in a mile
miles travelled by light in a second
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Answer
Miles travelled by light in a second.
Reasoning
Light travels over 186,000 miles per second.
There are 2.54 cm in an inch, 12 inches in a foot, 3 feet in a yard, and 1760 yards in a mile. So there are 2.54 x 12 x 3 x 1760 = 160,934.4 cm in a mile.