What is 0.000000783 written in scientific notation?

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twistrose · Answer

can someone plz help me

jackthegreatest · Answer

sorry for the long response, how many zeroes do you see? (including the first one)

jackthegreatest · Answer

@Twistrose

jackthegreatest · Answer

jeez whats with all of these people lol

otherworldly · Answer

u do not count the first 0 @jackthegreatest .......

jackthegreatest · Answer

it is just 7.83 x 10^-7

nnesha · Answer

the time starts now go! 
1,2,3...

mhchen · Answer

Scientific notation is written as the left-most digit as the only ones place with every other digit to the right of the decimal, then multiplying it by the equivalent number of 10s that equate the original number

jhonyy9 · Answer

for example 130 in scientific notation is 1,3×10^2

can using this

jackthegreatest · Answer

of course it would be 7.8 x 10^-7

jackthegreatest · Answer

@OtherWorldly you dont get my reasoning?
there are 7 zeroes
thus 10^-7

otherworldly · Answer

i get it but u do not add the first zero u will just confuse @Twistrose u could have just said move the decimal 7 times to the righty

jackthegreatest · Answer

sure i guess

otherworldly · Answer

u do not need*

jackthegreatest · Answer

well it would be 78 x 10^-6

jackthegreatest · Answer

which is why i include the first one

twistrose · Answer

im sorry i had to help my mom find he weather channel

jackthegreatest · Answer

whats on it rn?

otherworldly · Answer

no it wouldn't it would be 7.83 x 10^-7

nnesha · Answer

the exponent represents how many decimal places you r moving from left to right (negative exponent ) or right to left (positive exponent )  |dw:1475880960756:dw|