Final answer:
Light travels 1.8 x 10^7 kilometers in one minute, so in 6 minutes, it travels 1.08 x 10^8 kilometers in scientific notation.
Step-by-step explanation:
The student's question is how far light travels in 6 minutes if it travels 1.8 x 107 kilometers in one minute. To find the answer, we simply multiply the distance light travels in one minute by the number of minutes.
1.8 x 107 km/min × 6 min = 10.8 x 107 km.
To express this in scientific notation, remember that we need only one non-zero digit to the left of the decimal point. Therefore, we rewrite it as:
1.08 x 108 km - This is the distance light travels in 6 minutes, written in scientific notation.