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Scientists, Mathematicians and Engineers generally use scientific notation. In particular, those scientists and engineers who have to measure distances, weights or volumes of a very large or very small size. Astronomers, for example, may measure the distance of stars that are billions of billions of light years away. Wouldn't you rather write 4.9 * 1015 instead of 4,900,000,000,000,000?
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What are the uses of scientific notation in chemistry?
The uses of scientific notation in chemistry are to compute very large or very small numbers.
How a dietitian uses scientific notation?
They don't usually.
Is 12.510 to the power of 7 scientific notation why or why not?
It is not. "Scientific notation" uses a base of 10. The correct notation would be 1.251 x 10^8
What are the uses of scientific notation?
Scientific notation gives a compact notation, which is especially useful for writing down - and doing calculations with - very large, and very small, numbers.
What are the practical uses of scientific notation?
The practical uses of scientific notation are to compute very large or very small numbers.
How does scientific notation make writing certain numbers easier?
Because it uses fewer digits as for example 9,000,000,000,000,000 in scientific notation is 9.0*10^15
How do you use scientific notation for 10.03?
Scientific notation takes one digit before the decimal point and uses multiples of 10 to represent the rest of the digits. In this case, scientific notation is not really practical. The answer is 1.003 x 101
The uses of scientific notation?
Dealing with numbers that are very large or very small.
How do you convert 0.000089 into scientific notation?
It is 8.9*10^-5 in scientific notation
What is scientific notation in parentheses?
It is "(scientific notation)".
What is 0.000098 in scientific notation?
This number in scientific notation is 9.8x10-5.
What is the scientific notation for 89.450?
The scientific notation for 89,450 is: 8.945 × 104
