Question

The average person's head has about 100,000 strands of hair.

What is that in scientific notation?
A: 1 × 10^4

B: 1 × 10^5

C: 10^5

10 × 10^4

Answer 1

The correct answer is b

Answer 2

B because 1 * 10^5 is equal to 100,000 as it moves 5 digits to the left (5 zeros)