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The distance between the Earth and the Sun is around 150, 000, 000 km. Express this value in scientific notation.
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15 x 10 7 km
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1.5 x 107 km
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15 x 108 km
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1.5 x 108 km
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The distance between the earth and the sun is 150 million kilometers. This distance can be written in scientific notation as 1.5×10x kilometers.
Detailed explanation-2: -It is a very useful tool for working with numbers that are either very large or very small. As an example, the distance from Earth to the Sun is about 150, 000, 000, 000 meters-a very large distance indeed. In scientific notation, the distance is written as 1.5×1011m.
Detailed explanation-3: -The distance between the Sun and the Earth is 1.496×108 km and distance between the Earth and the Moon is 3.84×108 m. During solar eclipse, the Moon comes in between the Earth and the Sun.
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