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The metric system is based on powers of 10. For example, one kilometer is equal to
1,000 meters or 103 meters. Write each measurement in meters as a power of 10.
a. hectometer (100 meters)
b. megameter (1,000,000 meters)
c. gigameter (1,000,000,000 meters)
d. petameter (1,000,000,000,000,000 meters)

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reinhard10158

Step-by-step explanation:

1000 meters is 10³ meters (just to correct the typo).

a. 100 meters = 10² meters

b. 1000000 meters = 10⁶ meters

c. 1000000000 meters = 10⁹ meters

d. 1000000000000000 meters = 10¹⁵ meters

in other words, the exponents are simply counting the numbers of zeros.