Question

5,888,000,000,000 miles is equivalent to 1 light year. What is this number represented in scientific notation?

Answer 1

5.888x10^12

Explanation:

First you got to make the number a decimal, but it can't be above 10 or below 1. So, we end up with 5.888000000000. Then, to get rid of all the zeros, we use the x10^12. The exponent is basically how many times the decimal has to move back to the right to get the original number.