Question

About 792,600,000 passengers traveled by plane in the United States in 2011. What is this number written in scientific notation?

A) 7.962 x 10^8 passengers
B) 7.962 x 10^7 passengers
C) 7.962 x 10^6 passengers
D) 7.962 x 10^9 passengers

Answer 1

792,600,000 = 7.926 × 10⁸

The correct answer is A.

Answer 2

The number of passengers, 792,600,000, can be written in scientific notation as 7.926 x 10^8 passengers.

Step-by-step explanation:

The number of passengers, 792,600,000, can be written in scientific notation as 7.926 x 10^8 passengers.

In scientific notation, the number is expressed as a decimal coefficient multiplied by 10 raised to the power of an exponent.

The decimal coefficient must be greater than or equal to 1 and less than 10.

In this case, 7.926 is the decimal coefficient and the exponent is 8, indicating that the number is multiplied by 10 eight times.