document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=124702>Question 124702</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> write 1/300 using sientifc notation.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "i feel stupid for this but oh well. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #91416 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=91416\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> First divide <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F300 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F300\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > to get 0.00333333333333 which rounds to 0.0033\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3.3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3.3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Place a decimal between the first digit 3 and the second digit 3.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now how many spots to the left must the decimal move to go from the number <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3.3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3.3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > to the number <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=0.0033 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"0.0033\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The decimal needs to move 3 places to the left. So this is equivalent to multiplying <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3.3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3.3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > by <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=10%5E-3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"10%5E-3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > to move the decimal 3 places to the left. Notice how the exponent -3 corresponds to the number of spots the decimal needs to move.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So putting all of this information together, we get\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This means that the number <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=0.0033 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"0.0033\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > in scientific notation is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3.3%2A10%5E-3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3.3%2A10%5E-3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In other words, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=0.0033=3.3%2A10%5E-3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"0.0033=3.3%2A10%5E-3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So this also means that the approximate value for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F300 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F300\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3.3%2A10%5E-3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3.3%2A10%5E-3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >  </SPAN>\n" );
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