Question

The table shows the distances between several cities. Drag each pair of cities to place them in order from least distance between them (top) to greatest distance between them (bottom). San Francisco to Beijing 9.5 × 103

Seattle to Johannesburg 10,249

Las Vegas to Sydney 7.7 × 103

Toronto to Mumbai 1.2 × 104

Answer 1

The required arrangement for the distance from least to greatest is : Las Vegas to Sydney ; San Francisco to Beijing ; Seattle to Johannesburg ; Toronto to Mumbai

Using the information given for our Calculation;

• San Francisco to Beijing 9.5 × 10³
• Seattle to Johannesburg 10,249
• Las Vegas to Sydney 7.7 × 10³
• Toronto to Mumbai 1.2 × 10⁴

Converting each distance value to standard form for easier comparison ;

• San Francisco to Beijing 9.5 × 10³ = 9500
• Seattle to Johannesburg 10,249 = 10249
• Las Vegas to Sydney 7.7 × 10³ = 7700
• Toronto to Mumbai 1.2 × 10⁴ = 12000

Comparing the distance values; 7700 < 9500 < 10249 < 12000

Arranging from least distance to greatest;

• Las Vegas to Sydney
• San Francisco to Beijing
• Seattle to Johannesburg
• Toronto to Mumbai