Question

how much is a nanolight-year and how would i convert miles to nanolight years?

Answer 1

I've not actually seen that before, but a light year is a measure of distance, so I'd guess a nano light year is as well.
1 light year = \(5.879\times10^{12}\)miles
and typically nano indicates \(10^{-9}\), so I'd guess 1 light year = \(10^{-9}\) nano light year.

So I think you can say
\[5.870\times10^{12}~miles=10^{-9}~nano~light~years\]
or, dividing by \(10^{-9}\) \[5.870\times10^{21}~miles=1~nano~light~year\]

Answer 2

@peachpi
A nano light year is a very small length (one billionth) compared to a light year, so
10^9 nano light years = 1 light year.

Answer 3

\(10^{-9}\) light year = 1 nano light year

or

1 light year = \(10^9\) nano light years

Answer 4

ha. you are correct. I reversed them

Answer 5

so can use a a conversion factor 1 mile = 5.87 x 10³ nano light year?

Answer 6

\(\large 1~ nanolight~year \times \dfrac{1~light~year}{10^9~nanolight~year} \times \dfrac{5.879 \times 10^{12}~miles}{1~light~year}\)

Answer 7

Instead of figuring out a conversion factor from miles to nanolight years, I prefer going through the units whose conversions I know.

Answer 8

my assignment is to convert a random value for miles, convert it to nanolight years to find nanolight years per minute

Answer 9

Then use the number of nanolight years you are given instead of 1 at the beginning of my conversion above.

Answer 10

can you give me an example. im kind of confused

Answer 11

Wait.
To convert miles to nanolight-years do this:

Answer 12

Let's say you want to convert 1000 miles to nanolight years.

Start with 1000 miles:

\(1000~miles\)

Now apply the conversion factors as fractions:

\(1000~miles \times \dfrac{1~light~year}{5.879 \times 10^{12}~miles} \times \dfrac{10^9 ~nanolight~year}{1~light ~year} \)

Answer 13

Multiply all the numerators together and divide by all the denominators.

\(= \dfrac{1000 \times 1 \times 10^9}{5.879 \times 10^{12} \times 1} ~nanolight~years\)

\(= \dfrac{10^{12}}{5.879 \times 10^{12}} ~nanolight~years\)

\(= 0.17 ~nanolight~years\)