as the planets orbit the sun, the closest Pluto gets to the earth is approximately 2,700,000,000 miles. write that number in scientific notation using the following formula is an example 8.5x10^4
You want to move the decimal point 9 times to the left to get the number 2.7. Then, multiply this value by 10 to the exponent of 9 (the number of times you moved the decimal point).