Question

Write each number in either scientific notation or standard notation.

Part A:
The distance of the sun from the center of the Milky Way galaxy is 26,000 light years.

Answer 1

In standard notation, the number is
`2.6 * 10^4` light years

Explanation:

We have to write the number 26,000 in standard notation,

in standard notation, there is 1 number before the decimal and all others come after the decimal and some power of 10 is multiplied depending upon the number,

in our case,

26000 = 2.6 * 10^4

(since the number is 26 thousand 2.6 ten thousand and ten thousand = 10^4)