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# The star Antares is approximately 604 light-years from Earth. Write this distance in scientific notation.

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To write the distance of Antares, which is 604 light years, in scientific notation, move the decimal point to the left in two places so that it is between one and ten, in this case, it is going to be 6.04. Then, count the number of times you moved the decimal point to determine the power of ten. Therefore, the scientific notation for 604 is 6.04 $\times$ 10$^{\text{2}}$.

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