Question
Write 125282.212 in scientific notation.
Answer
$$ 125282.212 = 1.25282212\cdot 10^{5} $$
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).
1.25282.212
Step 2: We moved the decimal point 5 spaces to the right. Therefore, the exponent on base 10 will be positive 5.Now we know that the:
Mantissa = 1.25282212
Exponent = 5
So, the solution is:
$$125282.212 = \color{blue}{ 1.25282212} \cdot 10^{ \color{red}{ 5 }}$$This page was created using
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