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Earth's Moon is 384,400 km from Earth. What is the correct way to write this
distance in scientific notation?
A. 38.44 x 10-4 km
B. 38.44 x 104 km
C. 3.844 x 10-5 km
D. 3.844 x 105 km

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Answer:
D. 3.844 x 10^5

3.844 is between 1 and 10, so that is correct.
Not C because if it is negative it would be a decimal from 0 e.g -> 0.88
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