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Take the diameter, then divide by 2 to get the radius. To get to scientific notation, put the number in the form of one digit followed by a decimal point, then the rest of the number, followed by x10n, where n is the number of places that you had to move the decimal point to get just one digit to the left of the decimal point. For example: diameter of 8. Divide by 2 to get 4. To get to scientific notation, make it 4X100. You didn't have to move the decimal point at all, so n=0. Example #2: Diameter of 250. Divide by 2 to get radius, which is 125. To make it scientific notation, you have to move the decimal point 2 places to get 1.25X102. If you had to move the decimal point to the right, then make n a negative number. Example #3: Diameter of 1/10. Divide by 2 to get radius of 1/20, or 0.05, which in scientific notation is 5X10-2.

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