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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Which of the following expressions is 0.00012 written in scientific notation? 1.2 × 10 ^-4 .12 × 10 ^-3 1.2 × 10^4 12 × 10^ -5

OpenStudy (bloomlocke367):

what do you think it is?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

c

OpenStudy (bloomlocke367):

why do you think that?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

If you move the decimal point to the right, the exponent of your x 10 is positive.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

idk i just guessed

OpenStudy (mchilds15):

@kliedako just explained to you how to find/check your answer... If you move the decimal back 4 times to the right, you get?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

it would 4 spaces

OpenStudy (anonymous):

scientific notation is expressed in n x 10^k where 10<n<1 and k is the number of times the decimal point is moved if moved to the left, the sign of k would be negative, if moved right, the sign of k would be positive.

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