An airplane flight from Houston, Texas to Rome, Italy is 5,686 miles. Estimate the distance between the two cities as the product of a single digit number times a power of 10. (1 point)

Question

5×10
4


5×10
3


6×10
3


6×10
4

Answer 1

To estimate the distance of 5,686 miles as the product of a single digit number times a power of 10, we can round the distance to a value that maintains the significant digits.

The distance 5,686 miles can be approximated to 6,000 miles for simple calculation purposes.

In scientific notation, 6,000 can be expressed as:

\[ 6 \times 10^3 \]

Therefore, the correct answer from the provided options is:

6×10³.