Question

Write 15,299 in scientific notation.

Answer 1

Writing scientific notation for postive integers is always given in the below;

`\begin{gathered} a\ast10^b \\ \end{gathered}`

To find a, we'll need to take the given number and move a decimal place to the right position. Therefore, our a will be 1.5299;

To find b, we need to count how many places to the right of the decimal point in a. Therefore, our b will be 4;

We now have a = 1.5299 and b = 4. Let's go ahead and write in the notation form given above;

`1.5299\ast10^4`

Therefore, 15,299 in scientific notation is 1.5299 x 10^4.