SOLUTION: express the number 0.0000722 in scientific notation

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Question 880603: express the number 0.0000722 in scientific notation
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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Count the number of places you have to move the decimal point to place it between the 7 and the 2.
There are 5 places.
This becomes your exponent (negative because the number is less than 1).
0.0000722=7.22%2A10%5E%28-5%29