5.78 * 10^-11 Put in scientific notation

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otherworldly · Answer

isn't that already in scientific notation

alivejeremy · Answer

no.

alivejeremy · Answer

It's in standard form right now.

otherworldly · Answer

standard form would be 0.00000000578

alivejeremy · Answer

I said that.. I believe @mathmate said it was wrong.

alivejeremy · Answer

But thanks on to the next,.

alivejeremy · Answer

Wait. there's pose to be 11 zero's not 9 right?

otherworldly · Answer

theres supposed to be 10 not including the one before the decimal so 0.0000000000578

mathmate · Answer

5.78 * 10^-11 Put in scientific notation
@OtherWorldly : `isn't that already in scientific notation `
@alivejeremy: `no.`

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mathmate · Answer

Following discussion refers to: http://openstudy.com/users/alivejeremy#/updates/57f966cce4b05a233fe6ac31 I did not say anything about "0.00000000578", because that's not what the question is asking for. I was trying to tell you that even though you claimed that you know what scientific notation is, but in fact you don't. Why can I say that? Because you don't recognize one when you see it. Scientific notation is a decimal number (with or without a decimal point) between 1 but less than 10, that includes all significant digits, multiplied by a power of 10 in exponent form. The exponent can be positive, negative, or zero. Now you are ready to work on `5.78 * 10^-11 Put in scientific notation`