Question

In the following exercises, write each number in scientific notation.

ⓐ 8,750,000 ⓑ 0.00000871

Short answer

Numbers in scientific notation are

(a)$8.75\times {10}^6$

(b)$8.71\times {10}^{-6}$

Step-by-step solution

part (a) Step 1 Given information 

$8,750,000$

part (a) Step 2

$$\begin{gathered} 8,750,000=8.75\times 1000000 \\ =8.75\times {10}^6 \end{gathered}$$

part (b) Step 1 Given information 

$0.00000871$

part (b) Step 2

$$\begin{gathered} 0.00000871=\frac{8.71}{1000000} \\ =8.71\times {10}^{-6} \end{gathered}$$