Question

The maximum distance between earth and the sun is 1.52098232 x 10^8km, and the minimum distance is 1.47098290 x 10^8km^1. What is the average distance between earth and the sun in scientific notation

Answer 1

Average is also called the mean. It is calculated by adding up all the numbers and then dividing the number of numbers. The average of the data given above is calculated as:

(1.52098232 x 10^8km + 1.47098290 x 10^8km^1) / 2= 1.49598261 x 10^8 km

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