Question

What is 4.6 × 10^8 cm/min in meters per hour?

A.
2.76 × 10^8 m/h

B.
2.76 × 10^10 m/h

C.
7.67 × 10^6 m/h

D.
7.67 × 10^8 m/h

Answer 1

need 2 conversion factors
cm to m and min to hrs

Answer 2

How would I do that?

Answer 3

it does not matter which one you do first
how many cm in 1 meter?

Answer 4

100 right?

Answer 5

how do you convert from cm to meters?

Answer 6

yes

Answer 7

you might also want to use scientific notation for this

Answer 8

100 = 10^2

Answer 9

to go from cm to m you divide by 100
to divide numbers with the same base you subtract the exponents

Answer 10

how many min in 1 hr?

Answer 11

60

Answer 12

how do you convert from min to hr?

Answer 13

Erm I'm not clear of converting :/ Could you explain what you mean by converting :/