The radius of the Earth is given as 6,370 kilometers. To express this in scientific notation, we can represent it as \(6.37 \times 10^3\) kilometers.
Thus, the correct answer is:
C. \(6.37 \times 10^3\) kilometers.
The radius of the Earth is approximately 6,370 kilometers. What is the distance in scientific notation?
A.
637 × 10^2 kilometers
B.
637 × 10^1 kilometers
C.
6.37 × 10^3 kilometers
D.
63.7 × 10^2 kilometers
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