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Astronomers use light years to measure the speed of light.

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Solution

The correct option is B False
$Light Year$ - It is the distance travelled by light in free space in $1 y e a r$ .
So, it is obvious that light-year is a bigger unit of distance. It is not a unit of speed.

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