Yes, scientific notation can be negative. For example -345 would be -3.45 x 102.
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Yes, a negative number can be expressed in scientific notation. In scientific notation, a negative number is indicated by the negative sign (-) placed before the first significant digit. The number is then written in the form of a decimal number between 1 and 10, multiplied by a power of 10. For example, -3.2 x 10^-5 is a negative number expressed in scientific notation.
A decimal.
Write the mantissa as a negative number.
The form for scientific notation is a*10b where 1 <= a < 10, and b is an integer (positive or negative).
the scientific notation is 152 times 10 to the negative 4th power