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    A light - year is a unit of _________ .
    Question

    A light - year is a unit of _________ .

    A.

    Intensity of light

    B.

    Distance 

    C.

    Mass

    D.

    Time 

    Correct option is B

    The correct answer is (b) Distance 

    Explanation: A light - year is a unit of Distance 

    Information Booster: A light-year is a unit of distance that measures how far light travels in one year:

    • Definition- A light-year is the distance light travels in a vacuum in one Julian year, which is 365.25 days.
    • Value- One light-year is equal to 9,500,000,000,000 kilometers, or about 5.88 trillion miles.
    • Use Light-years are often used in astrophysics to measure the distance between astronomical objects.
    • Symbol- The symbol for a light-year is "ly" or "lyr".
    • Not a unit of time- Although the term includes the word "year", a light-year is not a unit of time.

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