Sita lives in Los Angeles, and her grandmother lives in Seattle. Sita plans to
visit her grandmother three times in the next year. What is the total distance
she will travel to make these three trips? Write and evaluate an expression that
uses multiplication to calculate the total distance traveled. Give your answer in
both decimal notation and scientific notation.
To calculate the total distance traveled, we need to determine the distance between Los Angeles and Seattle and then multiply it by the number of trips.
The distance between Los Angeles and Seattle is approximately 1,129 miles.
So, the expression to calculate the total distance traveled is 1,129 miles/trip * 3 trips.
This can be written as 1,129 * 3 = 3,387 miles.
In scientific notation, the total distance traveled would be 3.387 * 10^3 miles.
To calculate the total distance Sita will travel to make three trips to Seattle, we need to know the distance between Los Angeles and Seattle. Let's assume this distance is 1,000 miles.
Now, to calculate the total distance, we can use multiplication. Sita will travel the same distance for each of the three trips, so we can multiply the distance between Los Angeles and Seattle (1,000 miles) by the number of trips (3).
Expression: 1,000 miles/trip * 3 trips.
To evaluate this expression:
1,000 miles/trip * 3 trips = 3,000 miles in decimal notation.
In scientific notation, 3,000 miles can be written as 3 x 10^3 miles.
To calculate the total distance Sita will travel to visit her grandmother three times, we need to know the distance between Los Angeles and Seattle. Let's assume that the distance between the two cities is 1,000 miles.
To find the total distance, we can multiply the distance between the cities by the number of trips Sita plans to make. In this case, the expression would be:
Total distance = Distance between cities * Number of trips
So, substituting the values, the expression becomes:
Total distance = 1,000 miles * 3 trips
Evaluating the expression:
Total distance = 3,000 miles
So, Sita will travel a total distance of 3,000 miles to make these three trips.
In scientific notation, 3,000 can be written as 3 x 10^3, where 10^3 represents 1,000.