Question

Question 2: ___ of 4 points) 2. The average distance from the sun to the planet Mercury is about 58,000,000 km. The diameter of a human hair is about 0.0025 cm. (a) What is the distance from the sun to Mercury written in scientific notation? Answer: _____________________ (b) What is the diameter of a human hair written in scientific notation? Answer: _____________________

Answer 1

58 to the 100000 power i think

Answer 2

(a) What is the distance from the sun to Mercury written in scientific notation?


58,000,000 = 5.8 x 10^7 km

answer: 5.8 x 10^7 km

(b) What is the diameter of a human hair written in scientific notation?
0.0025 cm = 2.5 x 10^-3 cm

answer: 2.5 x 10^-3 cm