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Write 408, 000,000 in scientific notation

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Scientific notation: a form of presenting large or small numbers in a simpler form.

• The ,exponent, is ,positive, if the number is very ,large.

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• The ,exponent ,is ,negative ,if the number is very ,small.

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• The ,base ,is ,always 10.

In our case, as our number is a large one, we will have a positive exponent, and we have to count the spaces we will move the point to know which will be our final result:

If we count the spaces, we will see that there are 8, as shown in the image above.

Then, our number is:


408,000,000=4.08*10^8

Answer:


=4.08*10^8

Write 408, 000,000 in scientific notation-example-1
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