Final answer:
2.808 × 104 is already in scientific notation, with 2.808 as the coefficient between 1 and 10 and 104 indicating the power of 10.
Step-by-step explanation:
To write the number 2.808 × 104 in scientific notation, you first need to represent the number as a coefficient between 1 and 10 multiplied by a power of 10. The number 2.808 is already between 1 and 10, so it serves as the coefficient. Therefore, in scientific notation, 2.808 × 104 is already correctly expressed, as it satisfies the condition for scientific notation.
Just as a comparison:
- The number 306,000 is expressed in scientific notation as 3.06 × 105.
- The number 0.00884 is expressed as 8.84 × 10-3.
- The number 2,760,000 is written as 2.76 × 106.
- The number 0.000000559 is 5.59 × 10-7.