Question

Sita lives in Los Angeles, and her grandmother lives in Seattle. Sita plans to
visit her grandmother three times in the next year. What is the total distance
she will travel to make these three trips? Write and evaluate an expression that
uses multiplication to calculate the total distance traveled. Give your answer in
both decimal notation and scientific notation.

Answer 1

To calculate the total distance Sita will travel, we need to find the distance between Los Angeles and Seattle and then multiply it by 3.

According to Google Maps, the distance between Los Angeles and Seattle is approximately 1,128 miles.

Using multiplication, the expression to calculate the total distance traveled is:
1,128 miles/trip x 3 trips = 3,384 miles

In scientific notation, this is:
3.384 x 10^3 miles