Question

Write 517,000 in scientific notation.

Answer 1

5.17X10^5

Answer 2

thanks!

Answer 3

No problem, an easy way how to remember how to do this is to count the numbers that you put behind the decimal and put 10 to that power. For this example, there were 6 numbers total, but I put 5 behind the decimal, so 10 is to the power of 5.