46982.45cm .00050342g write in scientific notation? anyone?

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46982.45cm .00050342g write in scientific notation? anyone?

I got 4.698245 x 10 4th and 5.0342 x 10 -4th

2007-01-27 19:55:08 · 3 answers · asked by totalangel24 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics

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46982.45 = 4.698245 E4 or 4.69824510^4

0.00050342 = 5.0342E-4 or 5.0342 10^(-4)

2007-01-27 19:58:47 · answer #1 · answered by maussy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

International Standards Notation

46982.45 cm = 4.698245 x 10^2 m
0.00050342g =5.0342 x 10^(-7)Kg

2007-01-28 04:07:26 · answer #2 · answered by Adi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Yup. You're right. All you have to do to check is count how many places the decimal moves. In your examples, the decimal moved 4 spots. If it moves to the left, the exponent is positive, if the right, negative.

2007-01-28 04:02:13 · answer #3 · answered by BananaPancakes 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋