Question
Write 176833408782.25 in scientific notation.
Answer
$$ 176833408782.25 = 1.7683340878225\cdot 10^{11} $$
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).
1.76833408782.25
Step 2: We moved the decimal point 11 spaces to the right. Therefore, the exponent on base 10 will be positive 11.Now we know that the:
Mantissa = 1.7683340878225
Exponent = 11
So, the solution is:
$$176833408782.25 = \color{blue}{ 1.7683340878225} \cdot 10^{ \color{red}{ 11 }}$$This page was created using
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