Question 45327
The 8 is in the 100th place.  The number to the right of 8 is 9.  Since 9 is greater than 5, the 8 is rounded up.
0.08974 rounds up to 0.09
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Move the decimal point 2 places to the right to make the decimal a whole number and the exponent becomes negative.
0.09 = 9.0 x 10^-2