A day is equivalent to 8.64 × 10^4 seconds. What is this time in standard form?

Question

A.
864 seconds
B.
864,000 seconds
C.
86,400 seconds
D.
8,640 seconds

Answer 1

To express \( 8.64 \times 10^4 \) seconds in standard form, you need to calculate the value.

Calculating \( 8.64 \times 10^4 \):

\[ 8.64 \times 10^4 = 8.64 \times 100,000 = 86,400 \]

So, \( 8.64 \times 10^4 \) seconds is equivalent to 86,400 seconds.

Therefore, the correct answer is:

C. 86,400 seconds