Final answer:
To convert 10 Hm into millimeters, multiply by 100,000 to get 1,000,000 mm, which is 1.0 × 10^6 mm in scientific notation. The exponent is 6.
Step-by-step explanation:
The problem is to convert 10 hectometers (Hm) into millimeters (mm) and then determine the answer's exponent. Since 1 Hm is equal to 100,000 mm, we multiply 10 Hm by 100,000 mm/Hm to get 1,000,000 mm. In scientific notation, this is 1.0 × 106 mm, which means the exponent is 6.
Therefore, the correct answer is c) 6.
To convert 10 Hm into mm, we need to know the conversion factor between hectometers (Hm) and millimeters (mm). 1 Hm is equal to 10,000 mm. Therefore, to convert 10 Hm into mm, we multiply 10 by 10,000, resulting in 100,000 mm. The answer's exponent is 5. Option d) is the correct answer.