contestada

Part A: Distance conversions
1. Earth's diameter is 12.756 kilometers. How many meters is this?

Respuesta :

Answer: 12756000 m

Explanation:

In fact the actual diameter of the Earth is approximately [tex]12756 km[/tex] not [tex]12.756 km[/tex]. So, let’s work with the first one.

A kilometer is equivalent to 1000 meters:

[tex]1 km=1000m[/tex]

Knowing this, we can make the conversion:

[tex]12756 km \frac{1000 m}{1 km}=12756000 m[/tex] This is Earth's diameter in meters