The distance that light travels in 1 year (a light year) is 5.88 times 10 Superscript 12 miles. If a star is 4.6 times 10 Superscript 7 light years from Earth, what is this distance in miles?

Enter your answer in scientific notation. Round the coefficient to two decimal places.
I think you have to divide and I got 1.28 multiply by 10 to the power of 5.But it says it's wrong. Help please

To find the distance in miles, you need to multiply the number of light years by the distance that light travels in one year.

Given:
Distance traveled by light in 1 year = 5.88 x 10^12 miles
Distance from Earth to the star = 4.6 x 10^7 light years

To find the distance in miles, you multiply the two values:

Distance = (4.6 x 10^7 light years) x (5.88 x 10^12 miles/1 light year)

When multiplying numbers in scientific notation, you multiply the coefficients (4.6 x 5.88), and then add the exponents (10^7 + 10^12).

4.6 x 5.88 = 27.048

10^7 + 10^12 = 10^19 (Remember that when adding exponents, the bases must be the same.)

Combining both parts, the distance is:

Distance = 27.048 x 10^19 miles

Now, let's round the coefficient to two decimal places. The "8" in "27.048" is the third decimal place, so we round up the "4" to "5":

Distance = 27.05 x 10^19 miles

Thus, the distance from Earth to the star is approximately 27.05 x 10^19 miles.