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0.0000089 can be written in scientific notationas ?

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Answer:
8.9 * 10^(-6)

The exponent -6 means "move the decimal point 6 spots to the left".

That's how we go from 8.9 to 0.0000089

There are 5 zeros between the decimal point and the 89

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