Question

How do i write 5,972,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 in scientific notation

Answer 1

In order to write this in scientific notation, we must move the decimal from the beginning all the way to between the 5 and the 9

Note: you can move the decimal anywhere you want but typically scientific notation will have the decimal in between the first and second digit.

Since we move the decimal 24 digits to the right, our answer will be

5.972 * 10^24

or

5.972E24

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