document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=237840>Question 237840</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 	Mercury's average distance from the sun is 57,910,000 km. The Earth is approximately 93,000,000 miles from the sun. What would be the distance of a trip from Mercury to Earth, via the sun? Look out for the units!!! (1 km = 0.62 mi) Express answer in scientific notation. (Round to the nearest thousandths place.) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "a. need to convert one of the units to the other in order to add them up<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b. since your problem doesn't specify which unit to express the result, I'll convert km into miles.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b. add the miles <BR>\n" );
document.write( "c. express answer in scientific notation<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Problem:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Since 1 km = 0.62 miles...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "57,910,000 km *0.62 mi / 1km ...km units cancel...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "35,904,200 miles<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now add it to the other distance<BR>\n" );
document.write( "35,904,000+93,000,000<BR>\n" );
document.write( "128,904,200 miles<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now in scientific notation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1,289*10^5 miles </SPAN>\n" );
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