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When translating a number to the scientific notion (ex: 0.000157), do you count the zero to the left of the decimal point? Like would the scientific notion of 0.000157 be 1.57 x 10^-4 ? If you could explain how scientific notion works that be great. thanks

When translating a number to the scientific notion (ex: 0.000157), do you count the zero to the left of the decimal point? Like would the scientific notion of 0.000157 be 1.57 x 10^-4 ? If you could explain how scientific notion works that be great. thanks

Yeah, you’re right, I like to think that when the number is a decimal and I have to put it in scientific notation the exponent next to the 10 is negative and then when the number is a whole number and I have to change it to scientific notation then the exponent next to the ten is positive....

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