Question

Determine the order of magnitude of the following small number by entering the appropriate exponent n below: 4,870×1021kg≈10nkg .(PLEASE LOOK AT THE SCREENSHOT FOR CORRECT NUMBERING)

Answer 1

To find the order of magnitude we move the decimal point until we have only one interger before it:

`4870*10^(21)=4.870*10^(24)`

Now that we have in this form we conclude that the order of magnitude of the number is 24