The distance from Earth to Mars is about 35,000,000 miles. What is the order of magnitude of this number?

A.

6

B.

5

C.

4

D.

7

Question

The distance from Earth to Mars is about 35,000,000 miles. What is the order of magnitude of this number?



 



A.

6




 



B.

5




 



C.

4




 



D.

7

ash2326 · Answer

@daijagattison Write 35000000 in standard form?

anonymous · Answer

idk....

ash2326 · Answer

@daijagattison  I'll give you an example, Supposedly we want to find the order of 20
$$20= 2\times 10^1 \longrightarrow \text {Order is the power of 10, here it's 1}$$
Can you find now ?