Question

The city of Jasper has a water tower that holds 1,325,000 gallons of water. Express this number in scientific notation.

A) 1.325 x 10 -6
B) 1.325 x 10 6
C) 13.25 x 10 5
D) 132.5 x 10 4

Answer 1

It would be b 1.325•10^6 because you are moving the decimal point six place a to the left when making 1325000 into 1.325

Answer 2

Answer: B.
`1.325*10^6`

Explanation:

We know that the scientific notation is a general way to write a very large number in the product of a decimal form of number{ usually between 1 and 10) and powers of ten.

Given : The city of Jasper has a water tower that holds 1,325,000 gallons of water.

Then , the number in scientific notation will be :-

`1,325,000=1.325*10^6`

Hence, the B is the correct option.