A student sets up the following equation to convert a measurement the ? Stands for a number the student is going to caluculate
(-17*10 to power of 3 cm) =? Km
To convert (-17 * 10^3 cm) to km, we need to divide by 100,000 since there are 100,000 centimeters in a kilometer.
(-17 * 10^3 cm) / 100,000 = -0.17 km
So, (-17 * 10^3 cm) is equal to -0.17 km.
To convert the measurement from centimeters (cm) to kilometers (km), we can use the following conversion factors:
1 km = 100,000 cm
Now let's substitute the known values into the equation and solve for the unknown value (?):
(-17 * 10^3 cm) = ? km
To solve this, we need to divide the initial measurement (in cm) by the conversion factor (1 km = 100,000 cm):
(-17 * 10^3 cm) / (100,000 cm/km) = ?
Simplifying the expression on the right side:
-17,000 cm / 100,000 cm = ?
Now, divide the numerator by the denominator:
? = -0.17 km
Therefore, (-17 * 10^3 cm) is equal to -0.17 km.