SOLUTION: The distance from the Mercury to the sun is 28.5 million miles. The distance from Neptune to the sun is 2.8 billion miles. Express the distance between Mercury and Neptune in scien
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Question 1139879: The distance from the Mercury to the sun is 28.5 million miles. The distance from Neptune to the sun is 2.8 billion miles. Express the distance between Mercury and Neptune in scientific notation. Please explain by steps. Thanks
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
2.8 billion is
28.5 million is
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mi
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Note that when you have
if you increase . then you must
move the decimal point of the same
number of places
to the left so you make
smaller
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