Question

an airplane traveled 5.7 x 10^2 miles per hour for 1.4 x 10^1 hours. How far did the airplane travel?

Answer 1

`7.98\text{ }*10^3\text{ miles}`

Step-by-step explanation:

Here, we want to get the distance traveled by the airplane

Mathematically, the distance traveled is the product of the speed and the amount of time, That is:

`\begin{gathered} \text{Distance = Sp}eed\text{ }*\text{ Time} \\ \end{gathered}`

From the question:

Speed of the airplane = 5.7 * 10^2 miles per hour

Time of travel = 1.4 * 10^1 hour

`\text{Distance = 5.7}*10^2*1.4*10^1\text{ = 7980 miles or 7.98 }*10^3\text{ miles}`