Question

The Census Bureau estimates that New York State has a population ofapproximately 1,950,000 people. Write this number in scientificnotation

Answer 1

To write the number using scientific notation make the number in this form

`x*10^n`

where x is between 1 and 10

n is the number of decimal places

1950000 put a decimal point between 1 and 9

1.950000

How many decimal places let us count them

There are 6 decimal places so

n = 6

x = 1.95