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what is 0.000426 in scientific notation

 Feb 23, 2015

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Scientific notation has the decimal point after the first non-zero digit; for this problem, the 4.

Because the decimal point gets moved to the right, the exponent will be negative.

Since the decimal point must be moved four places, the exponent will be negative 4.

Answer:  4.26 x 10-4.

 Feb 24, 2015
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Scientific notation has the decimal point after the first non-zero digit; for this problem, the 4.

Because the decimal point gets moved to the right, the exponent will be negative.

Since the decimal point must be moved four places, the exponent will be negative 4.

Answer:  4.26 x 10-4.

geno3141 Feb 24, 2015

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