Question

The length of an object is measured as 65.8 centimeters. What is this measurement in scientific notation?

A. 0.658 × 102 centimeters

B. 6,580 × 102 centimeters

C. 6.58 × 101 centimeters

D. 658 × 101 centimeters

Answer 1

just more the decimal to the left once

Answer 2

to the right?

Answer 3

o nvr mind lol

Answer 4

lol ya so it's c

Answer 5

Yea ok thx

Answer 6

np kid

Answer 7

wait

y did we move it to the left

Answer 8

lol tbh i forgot why but ik when it deals with scientific notations the decimal should always be between the first and second number
for example the scientific notation for 456765.00000 is 4.56765 x 10^ 5

Answer 9

ok thx again

Answer 10

The reason why is b.c when you do scientific notation, the number has to be between 1-10. It can't be 11 or .99; those would HAVE to be written as
1.1*10^1 and
9.9 *10^-1

Answer 11

b.c means because

Answer 12

thx to you as well

Answer 13

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