Question

Express 0.000000298 as a single digit times a power of. ten rounded to the nearest ten millionth

Answer 1

To express 0.000000298 as a single digit times a power of ten, we can represent it as 2.98 x 10^-8 and round it to the nearest ten millionth.

Step-by-step explanation:

To express 0.000000298 as a single digit times a power of ten, we can find the appropriate exponent by counting the number of places the decimal point needs to move to have one digit to the left of the decimal point.

In this case, the decimal point needs to move 8 places to the right.

So, 0.000000298 can be written as 2.98 x 10-8.

Rounded to the nearest ten millionth, 2.98 x 10-8 becomes 0.00000003.