Question

When the product of 6 and 8 became 48, what must be done to write that in scientific notation ?

Answer 1

By definition, Scientific notation has the following form:

`a\cdot10^n`

Where the coefficient "a" is a number from 1 to 10, but not including 10 and the exponent "n" is an Integer. The base will be always 10.

When you write a number in Scientific notation, the decimal point must be after the first digit of the coefficient.

In this case, you have:

`6\cdot8=48`

So, in order to write that product in Scientific notation, you must move the decimal point one space to the left. This must be represented in the exponent. If you move it just one space, to the left, then the exponent will be 1 and will be positive.

Therefore, you get that this is:

`=4.8\cdot10^1`

Therefore, you can determine that the answer is:

`4.8\cdot10^1`