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OpenStudy (anonymous):

the moon is about 240 milez from earth. what is the distance written as a whole number multiplied by a power of 10?

OpenStudy (tylerd):

the moon is 240,000 miles away but

OpenStudy (tylerd):

they want you to write that in scientific notation.

OpenStudy (tylerd):

3 x 10^2 = 300

OpenStudy (tylerd):

so in this case of 240,000 miles away

OpenStudy (tylerd):

what do you think we should do?

OpenStudy (tylerd):

\[2.4 \times 10^?\]

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