SOLUTION: write 1/300 using sientifc notation. i feel stupid for this but oh well.

Question 124702: write 1/300 using sientifc notation.
i feel stupid for this but oh well.
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
First divide to get 0.00333333333333 which rounds to 0.0033

Place a decimal between the first digit 3 and the second digit 3.

Now how many spots to the left must the decimal move to go from the number to the number ?

The decimal needs to move 3 places to the left. So this is equivalent to multiplying by 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.

So putting all of this information together, we get

This means that the number in scientific notation is

In other words,

So this also means that the approximate value for is
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