Question

Write the number in scientific notation:

Storage capacity (in bytes) of a 4-gigabyte computer:
4,000,000,000

Answer 1

Explanation:

Scientific Notation is the way of writing large numbers in shorthand

Thus 4,000,000,000 is
`4*10^(9)` or
`0.4*10^(10)`

We get 10^9 because 4000000000 has 9 zeros after the four

We get 10^10 because since the 4000000000 has nine zeros, we shifted the 4 behind the decimal point, so we need another zero.