Rewrite the following statement using a number in scientific notation. The diameter of a certain bacterium is about 0.00000002 0.00000002 meters.

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Michael Laszlo · Answer 1 · 2018-10-07T08:14:56+0000

$\bf 0.\stackrel{\textit{8 decimals}}{00000002}\implies 2.0* 10^(-8)~meters$

since 2 is the first significant digit, a nonzero, then we move the dot that way, it just so happen it's 8 spots to the right.

Rewrite the following statement using a number in scientific notation. The diameter of a certain bacterium is about 0.00000002 0.00000002 meters.

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