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A Jiffy The American physical chemist Gilbert Newton Lewis (1875–1946) proposed a unit of...

A Jiffy The American physical chemist Gilbert Newton Lewis (1875–1946) proposed a unit of time called the “jiffy.” According to Lewis, 1 jiffy = the time it takes light to travel one centimeter. (a) If you perform a task in a jiffy, how long has it taken in seconds? (b) How many jiffya are in one minute? (Use the fact that the speed of light is approximately 2.9979 × 108 m/s.)

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