Light travels 3 x 10^5 kilometers in one second. How far does it travel in 6.7 seconds? Write your answer in scientific notation

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Minchanka [31]

3 years ago

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Light travels 3 x 10^5 kilometers in one second. How far does it travel in 6.7 seconds? Write your answer in scientific notation

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Mathematics

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user100 [1] · Answer 1 · 2022-02-06T21:54:42+03:00

user100 [1]3 years ago

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We can write the question as this equation :
$\frac{1}{3*10^5} = \frac{6.7}{x}$
Where x is the distance in kilometers, so to find x:
X= 6.7*3*10^5 = 20.1*10^5 km