Question
Write 28846.1538462 in scientific notation.
Answer
$$ 28846.1538462 = 2.88461538462\cdot 10^{4} $$
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).
2.8846.1538462
Step 2: We moved the decimal point 4 spaces to the right. Therefore, the exponent on base 10 will be positive 4.Now we know that the:
Mantissa = 2.88461538462
Exponent = 4
So, the solution is:
$$28846.1538462 = \color{blue}{ 2.88461538462} \cdot 10^{ \color{red}{ 4 }}$$This page was created using
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