Question

What is the value of the missing exponent?
123,456,789 = 1.23456789 x 10^

Answer 1

`123,456,789 = 1.23456789* 10^8`

Explanation:

It is required to find the value of the missing exponent in the below value i.e.

`123,456,789 = 1.23456789* 10^x`

Let the exponent is x.

Any number can be written in the scientific notation as :

`N=a* 10^b`

a is a real number

b is any integer

In this case, the decimal is applied before 8 numbers. It means that the value of x is 8.