Question 431920
Scientific notation always looks like
a.aaaaa x 10^b
where the a's can be any numbers and
as many after the decimal point as you want.
b can be + or -.
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10,453.895
you can do it in steps if you want
{{{ 10453.895 * 10^0 }}}
{{{ 1045.3895 * 10^1 }}}
{{{ 104.53895 * 10^2 }}}
{{{ 10.453895 * 10^3 }}}
{{{ 1.0453895 * 10^4 }}} answer
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0.4584267
This time move the decimal point to the right
{{{ .4584267 * 10^0 }}}
{{{ 4.584267 * 10^(-1) }}} answer
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Notice that when you make the number bigger
you must make the exponent smaller
and vice-versa