Question

the milky way is 100,000 light years away. write in scientific form

Answer 1

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ANSWER::

The milky way is 100,000 light years away.

Lets convert it into scientific form

100,000 = 10⁵ or 1.0 x 10⁵

So , the statement will be 

The milky way is 10⁵ or 1.0 x 10⁵ light years away.

Extra information - Scientific Notation is a special way in which which we express too big numbers or too small numbers in decimal form for our convenience.

In scientific notation numbers are written in the form:-

m × 10n

m denotes the number of times raised to the power of n.

Hope it helps!