SOLUTION: Use scientific notation to divide the following two numbers. Express the answer using sciectific notations; retain at least three decimal places. {{{(5.2 * 10^7) / (3.15 * 10^3)}}

Question 534183: Use scientific notation to divide the following two numbers. Express the answer using sciectific notations; retain at least three decimal places.

Answer by KMST(5328) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
As calculations with scientific notations go, this is an easy one. (I am including a more complicated example below).

However, a scientist would not report a result with that many decimal places. It would be too many significant figures, because the factor

is given with only two digits, which usually means that it comes from a measurement that is not precise and accurate enough to be certain of one more digit.
EXAMPLE OF WHEN SCIENTIFIC NOTATION GETS A BIT MORE COMPLICATED:
If it was , a simple calculation, like the one above would give you a results that is not in scientific notation:

Scientific notation requires the number multiplied by the power of 10 to be 1 or more, but less than 10.
does not qualify, but ,
so you do one more calculations to get to scientific notation

is in scientific notation.
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