Convert the following number to scientific notation. The diameter of Jupiter is approximately 143,000,000 meters. A) 1.43 * 10⁷ meters B) 1.43 * 10⁸ meters C) 14.3 * 10⁷ meters D) 14.3 * 10⁸ meters

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To convert to scientific notation, we move the decimal point so that there's only one non-zero digit to the left of the decimal. For 143,000,000, this gives us 1.43. Since we moved the decimal point 8 places to the left, we multiply by 10 raised to the power of 8, resulting in $1.43 \times 10^8$ meters.

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