Giving this if someone can help me with this problem. After Becca's half-marathon, her pedometer showed 23,580 steps, while Alex recorded 2.42 x 10⁴ steps after the same race. What is the combined amount of the steps?

Answer: 47,780 steps
Step-by-step explanation: For Alex's steps, we'll need to move the decimal four places to the right, and once you do that you should get 24,200. Add 24,200 and 23,580 together and you should get 47,780 steps.