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OpenStudy (anonymous):

0.0287 in scientific notation

OpenStudy (jotopia34):

2.87 x 10^-2 It is this way because you need to express the 0.0287 as a number with one number before the decimal and then however many numbers after it. Then, if you had to go right in by 2 spaces to get 2.87, that means its a negative exponent, -2

OpenStudy (jotopia34):

0.0287=\[0.0287= 2.87\times10^-2\]

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