Question
Write 0.00007959 in scientific notation.
Answer
$$ 0.00007959 = 7.959\cdot 10^{-5} $$
Explanation
Step 1: Move the decimal point from its current position (the black dot) to a position immediately to the right of the first nonzero digit (the red dot).
0.00007.959
Step 2: We moved the decimal point 5 spaces to the left. Therefore, the exponent on base 10 will be negative 5.Now we know that the:
Mantissa = 7.959
Exponent = -5
So, the solution is:
$$0.00007959 = \color{blue}{ 7.959} \cdot 10^{ \color{red}{ -5 }}$$This page was created using
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