Question

57,909,000*10^(8
need to know the distance of Mercury from the sun in scientific notation

Answer 1

can you write 57909000 in scientific notation..?

Answer 2

would it be like 57.909? and is my problem correct?

Answer 3

close... the number is between 1 and 10....

\[5.7909 \times 10^7\]

so next that need to be multiplied by 10^8

so the rule for indexes when multiplying is add the powers...

thats the way the question reads to me

Answer 4

i still dont understand it tho

Answer 5

oooog never mind i got it

Answer 6

thanks for your help

Answer 7

this is what i got 5790900000000000