The moon is about 240,000 miles from earth . What is the distance written as a whole number multiplied by a power of ten
For this case we have the following number:
\(240,000
\)
What we must do is rewrite the number as the product of two numbers.
We have then:
\(240,000 = (24) (10000)
\)
From here, we write the number as the multiplication of a whole number and a power of base ten.
We have then:
\(240,000 = (24) (10 ^ 4)
\)
Where,
\(24\): whole number
\(10 ^ 4\): power of base 10
Answer:
The distance written as a whole number multiplied by a power of ten is:
\((24) (10 ^ 4)\)
The correct answer is:
24 × 10⁴
Explanation:
When we look at this number, we can see that it is 24 with 4 zeros after it. 4 zeros implies the number 10,000. This means this is the product of 24 and 10,000, or 24(10,000).
10,000 is 10⁴ (since it has 4 zeros). This makes our product 24 × 10⁴.