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Decimal expansion of speed of light in miles per second.
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%I #11 Aug 08 2022 08:22:53

%S 1,8,6,2,8,2,3,9,7,0,5,1,2,2,0,8,7,0,1,1,8,5,0,7,9,1,3,7,8,3,5,0,4,3,

%T 3,4,6,8,5,4,3,7,0,4,7,6,4,1,7,7,2,0,5,1,2,2,0,8,7,0,1,1,8,5,0,7,9,1,

%U 3,7,8,3,5,0,4,3,3,4,6,8

%N Decimal expansion of speed of light in miles per second.

%C The exact answer (by definition) is 299792458/(5280*0.3048) = 186282.3970512208701185...

%C Many people remember the approximation 186000.

%C Has period 42 since a(15). - _Jianing Song_, Aug 08 2022

%e 186282.39705122087011850791378350433468543704764177205122087...

%Y Cf. A003678, A224236.

%K nonn,cons

%O 6,2

%A _N. J. A. Sloane_, Apr 13 2013, following a suggestion from _Daniel Drucker_.