How do you write #540, 000# in scientific notation?

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How do you write #540, 000# in scientific notation?

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Answer 1 · 2015-11-28T10:44:10

#5 times 10^5#

Explanation:

The original number, #540,000#, has to be reduced so that it is less than #10#.

To do this, you have to move the decimal point back five places, so that the number becomes #5 times 10^5#. The exponent is positive, because the original number is greater than #1#.

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