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What is 5800 million metric tons in scientific notation?
It is: 5.8*10^9 metric tons in scientific notation
Why do scientists prefer to express numbers in exponential notation and metric units?
Because exponential or scientific notation needs less digits for very large numbers and metric units are preferred because they are in multiples of 10 thus avoiding mistaken calculations.
Does scientific notation make conversion between units easy?
In the metric (or SI) system, where units are related to one another by powers of 10, scientific notation makes conversions incredibly simple. However, if you are unfortunate enough to live in a country which still uses the Imperial system (or a variant) scientific notation is of hardly any help: converting 3.5*10^3 yards to miles is a difficult calculation.
Why is it important to understand both the English and metric units?
most scientific community uises metric and only America uses English units
Scientific notation for nanogramml?
By changing the measurement units to a nanogram you would not require scientific notation. 1 nanogram = 1*10-9 gram or 1*10-12 kilogram
