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The metre is defined as the distance travelled by light in 1/299,792,459 second. Why didn't people chose some easier number such as 1/300,000,000 second ? Why not 1 second ??
Asked by nitishkrnehu09 | 26 Jun, 2016, 16:35: PM
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