Question 356306
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Hi,
Scientific notation is a shorter way to express .00097: in terms of a 9.7 and a power of ten.
.0097 = 9.7 * .001 
{{{.001 = (1/1000) = 1/10^3}}}
{{{.0097 = 9.7 *10^-3}}}
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Note: some people just count the spaces from the decimal point 
either backwards as in this case with a negatve power
or forwards as in the case of 97000. (9.7*10^4) with a positive power
to arrive at the proper power of ten to use in the Scientific notation