Question

What is the power of 10 when 75,200 is written in scientific notation?

Answer 1

The correct answer is:
4.

Explanation:
In scientific notation, we place the decimal behind the first non-zero digit in the number.  For 75,200, this is 7.  

We then count the number of places we must move the decimal to place it here.  In this problem, we move the decimal 4 places.  This is the exponent for 10.

Answer 2

Answer:

4

should be the answer.