The volume of a drop of a certain liquid is 0.000047 liter. Write the volume of the drop of liquid in scientific notation.
Answer (2)
The answer is 4.7 x 10^-4 If you move the decimal to the right, the exponent will be negative. If you move it to the left, the exponent will be positive.
The volume of the drop of liquid, 0.000047 liter, can be expressed in scientific notation as 4.7 × 1 0 − 5 L . This is done by moving the decimal point to create a number between 1 and 10, and since we moved it 4 places to the right, we use a negative exponent. Thus, the final answer is 4.7 × 1 0 − 5 L .
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