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What is 0.00001276 in scientific notation?

User Eshayne
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the scientific notation is
1.276 * 10 ^-5
User Ierdna
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0.00001276 is 1.276 x 10^-5. To calculate this you need to count from the decimal place and stop when you go past the first number. Notice how I wrote 1.276 instead of 1276. Hope this helps!
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