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Scientific Notation

Scientific notation is the expression of a number based on the largest exponent of 10 for its value, where the form is a decimal number A x 10n.

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Express each in Scientific Notation?

"each" is a word from the English language. There is no scientific notation for it.

Write 0.00069 in scientific notation?

Move 4 decimal places to the right to obtain the exponent of base 10 -4. Therefore, 0.00069 in scientific notation is 6.9 x 10-4

How do you figure out the scientific notation for Elements?

You simply have to learn them. Many of the more common elements were discovered and named long before the English language and so their symbols are derived from their original names.

Examples:

Iron = Fe from ferrum

Gold = Au from aurum

Sodium = Na from natrium

Potassiom = K from kalium

How do you write five hundred two and three hundred nine thousandths in standard form?

In "Scientific Notation" or "Standard Form" it is correctly written:

502.309

In Written From it is correctly written:

Five hundred two and three hundred thousandths

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No! In standard or scientific form it is 5.02309*10^2

What is the speed of sound in scientific notation?

The speed of sound at sea level is 340.29 m/s, or 340,290 cm/s.

The scientific notation for the speed of light is 3.0 x 10. 8. m/s, or, 3 x 10. 5. km/s depending on the units you're using (meters or kilometers).