document.write( "Question 258031: how do you write 17,990,000 in scientific notation \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #189876 by drk(1908) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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Notice there is no decimal - it is invisible all the way to the right of the number.
\n" ); document.write( "We want a number of the form a*10^b, where 0\n" ); document.write( "So,
\n" ); document.write( "step 1 - from the given number move the decimal 7 jumps left.
\n" ); document.write( "step 2 - since we started with a number bigger than 10, the exponent must be positive.
\n" ); document.write( "step 3 - the answer is then
\n" ); document.write( "1.799 x 10^7 \n" ); document.write( "

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