The distance a tortoise moves in one minute was measured in miles. The tortoise traveled 2.37x10^-9 miles. Use scientific notation to convert the distance to inches. Write your answer using scientific notation. Round the decimal portion of your answer to the nearest hundredth.
To convert the distance from miles to inches, we need to use the conversion factor: 1 mile is equal to 63,360 inches.
Therefore, let's calculate the distance in inches:
2.37 × 10^-9 miles × 63,360 inches/mile
Using scientific notation for the conversion factor:
2.37 × 10^-9 × 6.336 × 10^4 inches
Multiplying the coefficients:
2.37 × 6.336 × 10^-9 × 10^4 inches
Combining the exponents:
2.37 × 6.336 × 10^-9+4 inches
Simplifying:
15.011232 × 10^-5 inches
Rounding the decimal portion to the nearest hundredth:
1.50 × 10^-4 inches
Therefore, the distance the tortoise moved in one minute, converted to inches using scientific notation, is 1.50×10^-4 inches.
To convert the distance from miles to inches, we need to multiply by the conversion factor.
1 mile = 63,360 inches
Therefore, the distance in inches can be calculated as:
2.37 x 10^-9 miles * 63,360 inches/mile
= (2.37 * 63,360) x 10^-9 inches
= 150,307.2 x 10^-9 inches
We can write this in scientific notation as:
1.50 x 10^5 inches
Rounding the decimal portion to the nearest hundredth, the final answer is:
1.50 x 10^5 inches
To convert the distance traveled by the tortoise from miles to inches, we need to know the conversion factor between miles and inches.
1 mile is equal to 63,360 inches. We can use this conversion factor to convert the distance.
Given that the tortoise traveled 2.37x10^-9 miles, we can multiply it by the conversion factor to get the distance in inches.
2.37x10^-9 miles * 63,360 inches/mile = 2.37x10^-9 * 63,360 = 1.50x10^-4 inches
Rounding the decimal portion to the nearest hundredth gives us the final answer:
1.50x10^-4 inches