Homework Help: MAT 116

Posted by CC on Tuesday, September 25, 2012 at 1:49pm.

A moon is about 210,000 miles from the planet it orbits. Write in scientific notation. If a rocket traveled at 3 x 10^4 miles per hour, how long would it take for it to reach the moon from the planet?

Write the number 210,000 in scientific notation. 210,00 =
It would take the how many hours to reach the moon

MAT 116 - Steve, Tuesday, September 25, 2012 at 2:52pm
210,000 = 2.1*10^5

2.1*10^5 / 3.4*10^4 = 6.17 hours

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