Question

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The speed of sound is about 3.4 x 10 to the 2nd power meters per second.
Mark is performing a science experiment and he needs to know how far
sound travels in 3 x 10 to the 10th power seconds. If Mark uses a calculator to solve this
problem, how will the calculator show the answer?

Answer 1

`1.02 * 10^(13)` would be the answer in the calculator.

Explanation:

Speed of the sound =
`=3.4 * 10^(2)` meters per second

Time to calculate the distance travelled =
`3 * 10^(10)` seconds

Since, Distance = Speed × Time

Using the values we get:
`3.4 * 10^(2) * 10^(10)=3.4 * 3 * 10^((10+2))` =
`=10.2 * 10^(12)=1.02 * 10^(13)`

The answer shown on calculator would be shown as: Distance =
`1.02 * 10^(13)`