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
Solution
4.6
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Kenneth
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Answer
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
.