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Example Question #583 : Algebra

Express 0.000000076 in scientific notation.

Possible Answers:

$7.6 \times 10^{-8}$

$7.6 \times 10^{-9}$

$7 6 \times 10^{-9}$

$7 6 \times 10^{-8}$

$0.76\times 10^{-8}$

Correct answer:

$7.6 \times 10^{-8}$

Explanation:

Write the number:

$0.000\; 000\; 076$

Counting the number of places, move the decimal point to the right until it is after the first nonzero digit:

$0 \; 000\; 000\; 07.6$

The resulting number is 7.6; the number of places the decimal point moved to the right was 8. In scientific notation, this number is $7.6 \times 10^{-8}$ .

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Example Question #584 : Algebra

Express the square of $7 \times 10^{15}$ in scientific notation.

Possible Answers:

$4.9 \times 10^{226}$

$4.9 \times 10^{16}$

$49 \times 10^{225}$

$4.9 \times 10^{31}$

$49 \times 10^{30}$

Correct answer:

$4.9 \times 10^{31}$

Explanation:

Take advantage of the exponent rules.

$\left (7 \times 10^{15} \right )^{2}$

$= 7^{2} \times \left ( 10^{15} \right )^{2}$

$= 49 \times 10^{15 \times 2}$

$= 49 \times 10^{30}$

$= 4.9 \times 10^{1} \times 10^{30}$

$= 4.9 \times 10^{1+30}$

$= 4.9 \times 10^{31}$

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Example Question #3 : How To Use Scientific Notation

The number 0.0000279 is equivalent to which of the following?

Possible Answers:

$2.79\cdot 10^{4}$

$2.79\cdot 10^{-6}$

$2.79\cdot 10^{5}$

$2.79\cdot 10^{-5}$

$2.79\cdot 10^{-4}$

Correct answer:

$2.79\cdot 10^{-5}$

Explanation:

Each of the answers to this question are in scientific notation. To determine the exponent on the 10, see how many places you need to move the decimal over to get from your original number to 2.79.

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Because the decimal place moves 5 places, the exponent will be 5, and because the decimal moves to the RIGHT, the exponent is going to be negative.

So the answer to the quesiton is $2.79\cdot 10^{-5}$

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Example Question #141 : Exponents

Put the following value in scientific notation:

19540000

Possible Answers:

$1.954 \times 10^{6}$

$19.54 \times 10^{7}$

$1.954 \times 10^{7}$

$1954 \times 10^{4}$

Correct answer:

$1.954 \times 10^{7}$

Explanation:

Our first value for scientific notation should be between and . We then multiply this value by raised to a power equal to the number of spaces our decimal has moved to the left.

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