meters to kilometers. Express the answer to the exact decimal place.
Note: 1 kilometer is equal to 1,000 meters..
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To convert meters to kilometers, you divide the number of meters by 1,000 (since 1 kilometer is equal to 1,000 meters).
So, to convert \( 3.875 \times 10^9 \) meters to kilometers, you can perform the following calculation:
\[ \frac{3.875 \times 10^9 \text{ meters}}{1000} = 3.875 \times 10^9 \times 10^{-3} \]
This simplifies to:
\[ 3.875 \times 10^{6} \text{ kilometers} \]
Thus, \( 3.875 \times 10^9 \) meters is equal to \( 3.875 \times 10^{6} \) kilometers.
To convert meters to centimeters, you multiply the number of meters by 100 (since 1 meter is equal to 100 centimeters).
For \( 3.875 \times 10^9 \) meters, the conversion to centimeters is calculated as follows:
\[ 3.875 \times 10^9 \text{ meters} \times 100 \text{ centimeters/meter} = 3.875 \times 10^9 \times 10^{2} \]
This simplifies to:
\[ 3.875 \times 10^{11} \text{ centimeters} \]
Thus, \( 3.875 \times 10^9 \) meters is equal to \( 3.875 \times 10^{11} \) centimeters.
