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the moon is about 240,000 miles from earth .What is the distance written as a whole number multiplied by a power of ten?

User Eoriu
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240,000

= 24,000 x 10^1
= 2,400 x 10^2
= 240 x 10^3
= 24 x 10^4
= 2.4 x 10^5
User Maxime Morin
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24\underbrace{0,000}_(\leftarrow4)\ miles=24*10^4\ \ miles
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