Question

The distance from the Earth to the moon is about 239,000 miles. Rewrite the distance in scientific notation.

Answer 1

Answer:

2.39 x 10^5 miles

Step-by-step explanation:

Although it is not usually written, there is always a .0 at the end of a number unless there is a specific decimal that was given.

So, the number here is 239,000.0 and if you count the number of spaces that the decimal needs to move in order to be in the correct spot for scientific notation (which is always after the first number), there is 5 spaces.

Therefore the answer is 2.39 x 10^5 miles.