SOLUTION: Scientific Notation Very large and very small numbers are easier to write in scientific notation. For example, the number, 2360000 would be written 2.36 106 in scientific notatio

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Question 257124: Scientific Notation
Very large and very small numbers are easier to write in scientific notation. For example, the number, 2360000 would be written 2.36 106 in scientific notation. How would you enter this number in WebAssign using scientific notation to 3 significant figures? (WebAssign uses e-notation for entering scientific numbers, for example, 1.23e-4.)

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Scientific Notation
Very large and very small numbers are easier to write in scientific notation. For example, the number, 2360000 would be written 2.36x10^6 in scientific notation. How would you enter this number in WebAssign using scientific notation to 3 significant figures? (WebAssign uses e-notation for entering scientific numbers, for example, 1.23e-4.)
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2.36e6
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Cheers,
Stan H.