Question

2. Suppose you traveled from Saturn to Jupiter, and then from Jupiter to Mars. What would be the total distance in scientific notation

Answer 1

We have that approximately, the distance from Saturn to Jupiter is:

`4.56x_{}10^8\text{ miles}`

and the distance from Jupiter to Mars approximately is:

`3.42x10^8\text{miles}`

then, the total distance traveled would be the sum of these two quantities:

`(4.56x10^8)+(3.42x10^8)=7.98x10^8`

therefore the total distance is 7.98x10^8 miles