Question

does anybody know the scientific notation of 32 millio

Answer 1

32*10^6
or
32*10^7

Either one is fine, although the second one is more common at higher levels

Answer 2

first one*

Answer 3

No it's 3.2*10^7

Answer 4

bahrom, it can be either. I am 1 semester away from having my bachelors in chemical engineering, I know what scientific notation is. The first method is almost never used, simply because 32*10^6 is much easier for people to use in the real world. When you read 32*10^6, you know it is 32 million without a second glance, 3.2*10^7 is harder to do that with. In the professional world, they like to do things with exponents that "make sense". They like to use multiples of 3 in the exponent, mainly because of the SI/metric system being base 10.

Answer 5

well it's definitely not 32*10^7... that's 320 millions..

Answer 6

and I dunno I've always been taught to keep the stuff less than 10 inside and everything other than that outside.. I'm a math major and physics minor, but im not a senior..

Answer 7

Oops, sorry you are correct, I forgot the decimal XD. I was busy watching a video when I replied.

Answer 8

In other majors they may keep it that way, but like I said above, it's much easier when dealing with extremely large/small numbers to use multiples of 3. You can convert from kilo to micro in your head in a few seconds :D.

Answer 9

i guess..

Answer 10

I barely use scientific notation, done with all phys requirements haha and thank god we don't have to use this in math.. xD