Light travels about 300,000,000 m per second. In scientific notation this is:

  1. 3 10^8 m/s
  2. 30 10^8 m/s
  3. 3 10^7 m/s
  4. 3 10^9 m/s
Answer

A) 3 10^8 m/s

There are 8 zeros after the 3, so it is 3 10^8 m/s. SLO M-09-A-05 · Understanding

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