Roughly, it takes light less than 0.000000003 of a second to travel a one-meter distance. Express this number in the form of a × 10^n where 1 < a < 10 and is a one-digit number.

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To express the number in the desired form, we need to move the decimal point to a position between 1 and 10. Starting with the given number, 0.000000003, we can express it as 3 × 10^(-9).