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The sun, on average, is 93 million miles from earth how many meters is this? Express ( a) powers of ten, and using metric prefix

Answer:

\(93\times 10^6\ miles = 1.49\times 10^{11}\ meters\)

Explanation:

It is given that, the sun ,on average, is 93 million miles from earth. We need to write this distance in meters. The relation between miles and meters is as follows :

\(1\ mile=1609.34\ meters\)

Also, \(1\ million=10^6\)

\(93\ million\ miles=93\times 10^6\ miles\)

\(93\times 10^6\ miles = 93\times 10^6\times 1609.34\)

\(93\times 10^6\ miles = 1.49\times 10^{11}\ meters\)

So, the Sun is 93 million miles or \(1.49\times 10^{11}\ meters\) away from the earth. Hence, this is the required solution.