Question

The speed of sound is about 3.4 × 102 meters per second. Mark is performing a science experiment and he needs to know how far sound travels in 3 × 1010 seconds. If Mark uses a calculator to solve this problem, how will the calculator show the answer? it needs to have an E in the answer

Answer 1

The distance sound travels in 3 × 10^10 seconds is 1.02 × 10^12 meters or 1.02 × 10^9 kilometers.

Step-by-step explanation:

The speed of sound is about 3.4 × 102 meters per second. To find the distance sound travels in 3 × 1010 seconds, we can use the formula: distance = speed × time. Plugging in the values, distance = (3.4 × 102) × (3 × 1010) = 102 × 1010 meters. In scientific notation, this would be written as 1.02 × 1012 meters or 1.02 × 109 kilometers.