document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=7141>Question 7141</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Write answers in scientific notation.  Round to three decimal places \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(8.79 × 108) + (6.48 × 109)  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #3953 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=glabow><B>glabow(165)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-09.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=glabow><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=3953\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> My calculator says that the arithmetic comes out to 1655.64.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Scientific notation usually has one integer digit times a power of 10.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This would make the number 1.65564 x 10^3. Rounded to three decimal places would give 1.656 x 10^3.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "However, in some calculators and computers (especially) the scientific notation, stored as a floating point number, only uses the fractional coefficient, giving 0.165564 x 10^4. This to three decimal digits would be 0.166 x 10^4.<BR>\n" );
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