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Explain to someone who missed class today what scientific notation is and the difference between 3^8 and

3 x 10^8.

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Answer: Scientific notation is a way of expressing numbers that are too big or too small to be conveniently written in decimal form.

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sorry i can only answer the first question

User Sallar Rabiei
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Scientific notation is basically a short cut to write numbers with a lot of zeros in them. The difference between 3^8 and 3*10^8 is that the first is 3 multiplied by itself 8 times, and the second is 3 being mulitplied by 10^8. I hope this helps.

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