SOLUTION: trying to see if this is a mistake. 14.729x10 to the -3 power. How can this be rewritten? Is this as far as the notation can go?

SOLUTION: trying to see if this is a mistake. 14.729x10 to the -3 power. How can this be rewritten? Is this as far as the notation can go?

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Question 404689: trying to see if this is a mistake. 14.729x10 to the -3 power. How can this be rewritten? Is this as far as the notation can go?
Answer by richard1234(7193) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
14.729*10^(-3) is an acceptable form, which is sometimes called "engineering notation." In scientific notation, it would be written as 1.4729*10^(-2). As a decimal it would be written as .014729.
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