Convert 3.875 × 10⁹ meters to kilometers. Express the answer to the exact decimal place.

Question

Note: one kilometer is equal to 1,000 meters.

Answer 1

To convert meters to kilometers, we divide by 1,000 since there are 1,000 meters in one kilometer.

Therefore, 3.875 × 10⁹ meters is equal to:

3.875 × (10⁹ / 1,000) = 3.875 × 10⁶ kilometers

Expressed in decimal form, this is 3,875,000 kilometers.