SOLUTION: Express 87000000 in scientific notation

Question 885265: Express 87000000 in scientific notation
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Place a decimal point between the first nonzero digits. Then drop the trailing zeros.

87000000

8.7000000

8.7

8.7

Now move the decimal point 7 places to the right to get back to 87000000 (we're going from 8.7 to 87000000)

So that's why the final answer is 8.7 x 10^7

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