Write the number 0.000052 in scientific notation.
5.2 x 10^-5
To write the number 0.000052 in scientific notation, follow these steps:
Step 1: Count the number of decimal places you need to move to the right to have only one non-zero digit to the left of the decimal point. In this case, you need to move 5 places to the right.
Step 2: Rewrite the number as a decimal number between 1 and 10 by moving the decimal point to the right 5 places. This gives us 5.2.
Step 3: Write this decimal number as a coefficient followed by × 10 raised to a power. The coefficient is 5.2 and the power is -5, since we moved the decimal point 5 places to the right. Therefore, the scientific notation for 0.000052 is 5.2 × 10^-5.
To write the number 0.000052 in scientific notation, follow these steps:
1. Count the number of decimal places from the original number until you reach the first nonzero digit. In this case, there are five decimal places from 0.000052 to the first nonzero digit (5).
2. Write the nonzero digit followed by any other significant digits. In this case, we have 5 as the first nonzero digit, so write 5.
3. Multiply the number obtained in step 2 by 10 raised to the power of the number of decimal places counted in step 1 (in negative form). In this case, since we have five decimal places, we multiply 5 by 10^-5.
Putting it all together, we can express 0.000052 in scientific notation as:
5 x 10^-5