Question

An astronomical unit (AU) is the average distance between Earth and the sun. One AU is equal to approximately 150,000,000 km. Astronomers also use light years to measure distance. A light year is approximately 9.5×10^12
km.

Use scientific notation to rewrite the measure of one astronomical unit (1 AU) in kilometers

Answer 1

Using scientific notation, it is found that the measure of one astronomical unit in kilometers is $1.5 \times 10^8$

A number in scientific notation is given by:

$a \times 10^b$

• In which $a \in [1, 10)$

• To realize the conversion from decimal to scientific notation, b is the number of decimal places the comma moves, being positive if to the left, negative if to the right.  

In this problem, 1 AU = 150,000,000 km.

• The comma has to move 8 places to the right, hence $b = 8$

Then, the measure is: $1.5 \times 10^8$

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