Question

The earth moves around the sun at 6.7 ×10^{4} miles per hour.how many ×miles does the earth travel after 2.4 × 10^{3} hours? Show your work .explain two methods on how to solve this problem

METHOD 1 :
METHOD 2 :

Answer 1

Method 1: Multiply the two numbers in scientific form.
Method 2: Convert the two numbers to standard form first, and they you multiply them.

Answer 2

Method 1: Multiply the two numbers in scientific form. Method 2: Convert the two numbers to standard form first, and THEN multiply them.