exponents in powers of ten!
2007-02-17 11:43:01 · 3 answers · asked by need help with pre-algebra 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
There are many ways of doing this:
1.7629*10^4 is scientific method
or
17*10^3+629*10^1
and so on to get
1*10^4 + 7*10^3 + 6*10^2 +2*10^1 + 9*10^1
2007-02-17 12:10:24 · answer #1 · answered by mk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like FredHH's answer. It has to do with the system of positional notation, where each position in the number corresponds to that value times a power of 10. So 123 is 1 times 10^2 plus 2 times 10^1 times 3 times 10^0. When you have got that concept down, it is an easy jump to number systems not based on 10, such as binary (based on 2) or hexadecimal (based on 16).
2007-02-17 21:17:47 · answer #2 · answered by ZORCH 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
1X10^4 + 7X10^3 + 6X10^2 +2X10^1 + 9X10^-1
I'm assuming he doesn't want you to find an exponent for 1X10^Y where Y makes that equal 17629
There is such an exponent... but I don't want to mess with calculating it right now.
2007-02-17 11:48:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋