The distance that light travels in 1 year (a light year) is 5.88x10^12 miles. If a star is 2.4x10^8 light years away, what is the distance to that star in miles? Answer in standard notation.

Question

I put the answer 1411200000000000000000 miles and it says I'm wrong. Can someone explain to me the right answer?

Answer 1

That same question was answered yesterday, but it is faster to answer again, rather than find it

distance = 5.88x10^12 x 2.4x10^8
= 14.112x10^20
= 1.41 x 10^21