Question

what is 0.0059 in scientific notation

Answer 1

scientific notation has the form number * 10^exponent

the number is from up to (but not including 10)

in your case
0.0059 we want the number to be 5.9 (5.9 is between 1 and 10)
to make it 5.9 we moved the decimal place 3 places to the right
we made 0.0059 *bigger*
to compensate, we write 10^exponent
where the exponent is *negative* (this means we are dividing , making the exponent part *smaller* )

the exponent is -3 and you write
5.9E-3 or \( 5.9 \cdot 10^{-3} \)

Answer 2

is that the answer