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OpenStudy (anonymous):

how would you Convert 416,200 to scientific notation:

OpenStudy (unklerhaukus):

\[416200=4.16200 \times 10^5\]

OpenStudy (unklerhaukus):

where the decimal point has moved 5 place to the right

OpenStudy (unklerhaukus):

in scientific notation the is only one digit to the left of the decimal point

OpenStudy (lgbasallote):

right* sorry haha

OpenStudy (lgbasallote):

first..put a decimal after the first digit put x 10 count how many numbers are to the left of the first digit..that's your exponent the number of digits to the RIGHT of the decimal place would usually be 2 numbers but it all depends

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