Astronomy Applications

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    nycmathguy

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    College Algebra
    Chapter 2

    I need help number 159.

    160 below.

    93, 000, 000 becomes 9.3 x 10^(7)

    You say?

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    nycmathguy, Apr 3, 2022
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    159.
    convert year to sec
    1 yr = 31,556,952 sec
    multiply by 186,000 miles/sec
    31,556,952sec*186,000 miles/sec=5869593072000miles
    approximately 5.87 trillion miles

    160. correct
     
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    Thank you so much for your help with 159. I was unable to work it out.
     
    nycmathguy, Apr 4, 2022
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