If an object could travel at the speed of light, it would cover a distance of approximately 186,282 miles per second (299,792 kilometers per second). To calculate the time it would take to travel a specific distance, we can divide the distance by the speed of light.
To determine how long it would take to travel 3 billion miles at the speed of light:
Time = Distance / Speed
Time = 3,000,000,000 miles / 186,282 miles per second
Calculating this value:
Time ≈ 16,114 seconds
Therefore, it would take approximately 16,114 seconds, or approximately 4.48 hours, to travel 3 billion miles at the speed of light.