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OpenStudy (anonymous):

What is 0.000000986 in scientific notation?

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

place the decimal point between the first two nonzero digits so between 9 and 8 to get 9.86

OpenStudy (haseeb96):

9.86×10^-7

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

how many places must you move the decimal point to go from 9.86 back to 0.000000986

OpenStudy (haseeb96):

This is the correct answer.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Thank You!

OpenStudy (triciaal):

@Haseeb96 yes you have the correct answer but the objective is to help the person asking the question to know how to solve the problem. It is not very productive to just give answers.

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