The average distance from the Earth to the Moon is approximately 238,000 miles. How many miles did an astronaut travel if she went from the earth to the moon and back? Write the answer in scientific notation.

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anonymous · Answer

What you need to do is simply take 238,000 and multiply it by 2 since its a 2 way trip. So it will be 476,000. As for writing it in a scientific notion, it all depends on how your teacher wants you to write it.

anonymous · Answer

Idk Thats all it says

anonymous · Answer

Alright then, put it as $$4.76\times10^{5}=476,000$$