Question 914518: write the following numbers in powers of ten form
789
80279
6954600 Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, Edwin McCravy:Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The other tutor's answer is wrong. He thought you were
studying logarithms and exponentials. If you had said
"scientific notation" instead of " powers of ten form",
he would have known what you meant. Here is how it's
done. I'll do an example below:
Here's an example like yours:
4907
We start off with the 4
We have 4
We put a decimal after the 4.
Now we have 4.
We put the rest of the digits after the decimal
Now we have 4.907
We put × next.
Now we have 4.907 ×
We put 10 next
Now we have 4.907 × 10
Next we compare 4.907 to the original number 4907 and see
that the decimal in 4.907 has to move 3 places to the right
so that it will go back to 4907 with an invisible decimal
at the end. So we put the exponent 3 to the right and above the 10:
Now we have the final answer: 4907 = 4.907 × 103.
