SOLUTION: Choose the answer that correctly expresses this number in scientific notation. .0167 1.67x10^3 1.67x10^-2 1.67x10^-1 1.67x10^2

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Question 1043900: Choose the answer that correctly expresses this number in scientific notation.

.0167
1.67x10^3
1.67x10^-2
1.67x10^-1
1.67x10^2

Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You start from the decimal point and move to the right until the decimal makes a number between 1 and 10.
This is 1.67 x 10^(-2), because you moved two places to the right.