Homework Help: Math

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, October 3, 2010 at 3:41pm.

Describe and correct the error in writing the number 81,700,000 in scientific notation.

Standard form 81,700,000
product form 81.7*100,000
scientific notation 81.7*10

Math - hannah, Sunday, October 3, 2010 at 3:44pm
the scientific notation would be: 8.17X 10^7

in scientific notations the decimal always has to be after the first non-zero number
Math - Anonymous, Thursday, October 6, 2011 at 4:37pm
8.1

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