Question

A student sets up the following equation to convert a measurement the ? Stands for a number the student is going to caluculate
(-17*10 to power of 3 cm) =? Km

Answer 1

To convert (-17 * 10^3 cm) to km, we need to divide by 100,000 since there are 100,000 centimeters in a kilometer.

(-17 * 10^3 cm) / 100,000 = -0.17 km

So, (-17 * 10^3 cm) is equal to -0.17 km.