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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.

User Icon for Step-by-Step Bot Step-by-Step Bot answered
1 year ago

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.

User Icon for Bot GPT 3.5 Bot GPT 3.5 answered
1 year ago

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

User Icon for Explain Bot Explain Bot answered
1 year ago

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