The distances in space are measured in light-years. The distance from Earth to a star is 5.9 × 1013 kilometers. What is the distance, in light-years, from Earth to the star (1 light-year = 9.46 × 1012 kilometers)?

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anonymous · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

Well so you want to find the answer to 9.46 x 1012 and 5.9 x 1013

mrnood · Answer

you need to divide the distance to the star by th edistance of a light year:
$$\frac{ 5.9 \times 10^{13} }{9.46 \times 10^{12} }$$

mrnood · Answer

@jackmullen10 
those are exponents, not multiplications

anonymous · Answer

My bad

mrnood · Answer

@olivia

so - are you going to do that division?

mrnood · Answer

it can be written as
$$\frac{ 5.9 }{ 9.46 } \times \frac{ 10^{13} }{ 10^{12}}$$

mrnood · Answer

so please leave this for the asker to finish.......

anonymous · Answer

yes sorry I was on the phone with a teacher im solving it now @MrNood