Question

The height of mount everest, in meters, can be found by multiplying 8.85 by 1,000. Find the height of mount everest. Can u explain

Answer 1

For this case we have that the height is given by the following product:

$h = (8.85) * (1000)$

When we multiply a number by multiples of 10, what we must do is move the decimal to the right as many spaces as the number of zeros that has the multiple number of 10.

We note that 1000 has three zeros. Therefore, we must move the decimal three spaces to the right.

We have then:

$h = 8850 m$

Answer:

the height of mount everest, in meters, is:

$h = 8850 m$