Question

Writing Exercises

587. When you convert a number from decimal notation to scientific notation, how do you know if the exponent will be positive or negative?

Answer 1

Therefore, we can say that the exponent will be negative if the number is less than 1 and vice versa.

Explanation:

We are asked to explain that when we convert a decimal number to scientific notation how will we know whether the exponent is negative.

If the given number is greater than 1 then the exponent is positive and if less than 1 the exponent is negative.