Question

A silicon chip is 14 nanometers thick. A nanometer is equal to 0.000000001 meter. Express the thickness of the chip using scientific notation.

Answer 1

Answer: 83873
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Answer 2

1.4 × 10^-8

Explanation:

The chip is 14 nanometers

14 * .000000001

.000000014

Move the decimal 8 places to the right, because we need 1 number in front of the decimal for scientific notation. The exponent will be -8 because we moved it 8 places to the right

1.4 × 10^-8