Question

What is 520,000,000 in scientific notation? PLEASE HELP FAST

Answer 1

We can find the scientific notarion of this number by, as first step, identifying the base.

In this case, it is 5.2.

Then, we divide the original number by the base:

`(520,000,000)/(5.2)=100,000,000`

Then, we find the equivalent of this result in exponents of 10.

As we have 8 zeros after the one, we can write the following equality:

`100,000,000=10^8`

Then, we can write the number as:

`520,000,000=5.2\cdot10^8`

The scientific notation for this number is 5.2*10^8.