Scientific notation help?

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Scientific notation help?

The problem says "put the following numbers into the standard form of scientific notation:

234 x 10 ^-3"

The answer said 34 x 10 ^-1
How on earth did they get that answer? Why did they get rid of the 2?

2007-12-08 07:19:59 · 3 answers · asked by Juju 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help

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The answer is 2.34*10^-1. It's probably a printing error.

2007-12-08 07:29:07 · answer #1 · answered by BB 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Looks like they might have made a mistake.

2.34 x 10^-1 should be your answer in scientific notation.

2007-12-08 15:32:13 · answer #2 · answered by 2cents worth 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋

the answer can't be as you suggest.
Try multiplying each of the two entries out.
They don't equal each other.

2007-12-08 15:33:28 · answer #3 · answered by dnldslk 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋