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Chapter 1: Problem 24

Convert these to nonscientific notation. (a) \(3.256 \times\) \(10^{-5},(b) 6.03 \times 10^{6}\)

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(a) The nonscientific notation of \(3.256 \times 10^{-5}\) is \(.00003256\). (b) The nonscientific notation of \(6.03 \times 10^{6}\) is \(6030000\).

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Converting \(3.256 \times 10^{-5}\) to nonscientific notation

A negative exponent of 5 on 10 indicates that the decimal point in 3.256 needs to be moved 5 places to the left. When moving to the left, if we run out of digits, we can just add zeros. Therefore, it will be \(.00003256\).
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Converting \(6.03 \times 10^{6}\) to nonscientific notation

A positive exponent of 6 on 10 indicates that the decimal point in 6.03 needs to be moved 6 places to the right. We move it two places to the right to get 603, and then we add four more zeros, resulting in \(6030000\).

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