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OpenStudy (amtran_bus):

Scientific Notation

OpenStudy (amtran_bus):

How do you change 2.1x10^-8 to 2.1x10^-6?

OpenStudy (amtran_bus):

That makes the overall number greater, correct?

OpenStudy (kainui):

Remember these two rules: \[10^{-1}=\frac{ 1 }{ 10 }\] and \[10^2=10*10\]

OpenStudy (amtran_bus):

So I need to to move the decimal either to the left or right 2 places?

OpenStudy (amtran_bus):

ohhhh, I got it. It is 0.021!

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