According to the u s geological survey there are over 332,519,000 cubic miles of water on the planet.Write this number in scientific notation.
To write the given number in scientific notation, follow these steps:
1. Start by converting the number to standard notation. The given number is 332,519,000.
2. Identify the decimal point's position in the number. In this case, the decimal point is located after the last zero in the number.
3. Move the decimal point to the right of the first non-zero digit while counting the number of places shifted.
- In this case, the decimal point needs to be moved 8 places to the left to transform the number into a value between 1 and 10.
4. The number of places the decimal point has moved becomes the exponent of 10 in scientific notation. Since it was moved 8 places to the left, the exponent is -8.
5. Finally, write the number in scientific notation by expressing it as the product of the value between 1 and 10 (obtained after the decimal point shift) and the power of 10 (determined by the exponent).
- In this case, the number is written as 3.32519 × 10^8.
Therefore, the number 332,519,000 in scientific notation is 3.32519 × 10^8.