The meter is defined as the distance traveled by light in 1/299792458 seconds? why didn't people choose some easier number than 1/300000000 seconds? why not 1 second?

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2023-03-22

The meter is defined as the distance traveled by light in 1/299792458 seconds? why didn't people choose some easier number than 1/300000000 seconds? why not 1 second?

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Carlos Valentine

Carlos Valentine

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a) The actual value of light's velocity is 299792458 meters per second. As it is a very large number, we take it to be approximately equal to 3 × 10 8 meters per second for problems and questions.
b) So when we are saying the definition of 1 meter, we are saying that it is the distance traveled by light in 1 299792458 m/s.
c) Why not 1 second? Because light travels approximately 3 lakh kilometers in one second, the definition of light must be stated as in the question, and when stating a definition, the approximate value should not be used and the exact value should be used.

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