It makes it practical to write the numbers involved on a reasonable sized sheet of paper in a reasonable time.
Astronomy
scientific notation meansThis is not a very large number, but it will work nicely for an example. To convert this to scientific notation, I first write "1.24". This is not the same number, but (1.24)(100) = 124 is, and 100 = 102. Then, in scientific notation, 124 is written as 1.24 × 102.
It is: 1.277*10^6 in scientific notation
Mercury has a radius of 2439.5km. In scientific notation, this would be 2.4x103km.
I believe you mean scientific notation. 0.0000547 in scientific notation is 5.47 x 10-5.
You use scientific notation in astronomy to compute very large or very small numbers.
Yes, physicists use scientific notation
psychologist do not usually use scientific notation
Mostly the sciences use scientific notation
it's used in more than two places. It's used in Chemistry, Physics and Astronomy.
Judges usually don't use scientific notation.
Scientific notation is usually used to represent large numbers. For example - the number 123,400,000,000,000,000 can be represented in scientific notation as 1.234 x 1017. It's commonly used in astronomy when referring to the vast distances between stars etc.
People in the sciences are the main professions that use scientific notation
Professions that do not use scientific notation are most anything outside the sciences.
Anyone can use scientific notation - including women!
He wrote the equation for the reaction in scientific notation.
Physicist, chemist, biologists, and doctors all use scientific notation.