document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=885266>Question 885266</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Express 0.0028 in scientific notation </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #535019 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><B>jim_thompson5910(35256)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><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=535019\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Place a decimal point between the 2 and the 8 (the first nonzero digits)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We have <font color=\"green\">2.8</font>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now we must move the decimal point <font color=\"blue\">3</font> places to the left to get 0.0028\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the answer is: <font color=\"green\">2.8</font> x 10^<font color=\"blue\">-3</font>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Note: the exponent over the 10 is negative because we're moving the decimal point to the left.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This is shown (on a whiteboard or on your hw paper) as <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\color{red} \Large 2.8 \times 10^{-3}\"> </SPAN>\n" );
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