Question

The mass of a typical raindrop is 8.7 x 10^-5 grams. What is 8.7 x 10^-5 in standard form?

A. 870,000
B. 0.000087
C. 8,700,000
D. 0.0000087

Answer 1

Here is your answer:

Its scientific notation:

Its negative so move to the right:

8.7×10^-5

0.0000087 or D

Here's my work:

Answer 2

Hello There!


`8.7 * 10^(-5)` is in standard index form.
Standard form is when it is the original number
The '-5' as a power means you need to shift the zero back 5 spaces.
Or, divide by 100,000.
If you do this, you would get 0.000087.

Thus, making it option B.

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- Hannah ❤