Question

0.00000000007461 to scientific notation

Answer 1

First come up with the decimal number

7.461

Then determine how many times the decimal point needs to move

7.461

0.7461

0.07461

... and you keep going and end up moving the point 11 times

so the answer is 7.461ˣ, where x=11

i couldn't figure out how to write 7.461 to the 11th power...

Answer 2

0.000 000 000 074 61 = 7.461 × 10^(-11)

A number in scientific notation has the form N × 10^a where

N = the coefficient and 1 ≤ N <1  and

a = the exponent and is an integer

Step 1. Find the coefficient.

Move the decimal point to the right until you get a coefficient between 1

and 10.

The coefficient becomes 7.461.

Step 2. Determine the exponent.

The exponent is the negative of the number of places you moved the decimal point.

You had to move the decimal point 11 places, so the exponent is -11.

Step 3. Write the number in scientific notation.

0.000 000 000 074 61 = 7.461 × 10^(-11)