0.3 cm
a) one trillionth of a second= 1.0x10^-12
b) light travels at = 3x10^8 meters per second
b/a= 0.0003 meters = 0.3 cm
actually
0.03cm or 0.3mm or 300µm
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In one picosecond, which is one trillionth of a second, light can travel approximately 0.3 millimeters in a vacuum. This distance is equivalent to about the width of a piece of paper.
Light travels approximately 186,282 miles (299,792 kilometers) in one second.
Light travels approximately 186,282 miles per second. So, in 20 seconds, light would travel around 3,725,640 miles.
The speed of light is about 183,000 miles per second, or just under 300,000 kilometers per second. Radio transmissions, which travel at the speed of light, can go from the earth to the moon in under two seconds, but it would take them almost nine minutes to reach the sun. As far as distance, no one has ever theorized that light stops traveling, if unimpaired by a solid substance. It's presumed that it can travel to the known edges of the universe, but it can take it billions of years to get there.
Light waves move through a vacuum at their maximum speed, 300,000 kilometers per second or 186,000 miles per second. Which makes light the fastest phenomenon in the universe. Light waves slow down when they hit or pass through something.