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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)

Determine the order of magnitude of the following small number by entering the appropriate-example-1
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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

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