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The Speed of Light Is Expressed in Scientific Notation as 9.84times 10^8 Feet Per Second. How Is the Speed of Light in Feet Per Second

Question

The speed of light is expressed in scientific notation as 9.84times 10^8 feet per second. How is the speed of light in feet per second written in standard notation? A 984,000.000 B 9,840000,000 C 98.400,000,000 D 984,0 oo,ooo ,000 A B C D

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The speed of light is given as feet per second. The exponent 8 tells us to move the decimal point 8 places to the right. So, the speed of light in standard notation is 984,000,000 feet per second.Therefore, the correct answer is .