The distance from Earth to the moon is 384,400 kilometers. What is this distance expressed in scientific notation?

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Kale Flores

30 June, 15:01

The distance from Earth to the moon is 384,400 kilometers. What is this distance expressed in scientific notation?

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Myles Jensen · Answer 1

Myles Jensen 30 June, 16:50

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3.844x10 (with an exponent of) 5

Ella · Answer 2

For scientific notation, N has to be greater than or equal to 1, and less than 10. So start at the right and move the decimal over until you accomplish this.

N = the number of places you have moved the decimal.

Therefore your answer should be 3.84 x 10^8.