Question

is 119 x 10^-3 in scientific notation? if not write it in scientific notation.

Answer 1

\[1.19\times 10^{-1}\]

Answer 2

Well, it is already in scientific notation. Of course, it could be simplified further as Satellite did.

Answer 3

actually it is not is scientific notation because 119 is bigger than 10

Answer 4

what about 4.8 x 10^4 ?

Answer 5

According to Wikipedia:

In scientific notation all numbers are written in the form of
a * 10^b
(a times ten raised to the power of b), where the exponent b is an integer, and the coefficient a is any real number.

Answer 6

119 is clearly a "real" number.