Question

Charles is reading about computers. He learns that a computer processor can perform one command in approximately 0.000000016 nanoseconds. What is this number expressed in scientific notation?

Answer 1

Answer:

1.6 * 10^{-8}

Step-by-step explanation:

Given the following data;

Time = 0.000000016 nanoseconds

To express in standard scientific notation;

Scientific notation is a standard way of expressing very large numbers in powers of 10.

0.000000016 nanoseconds = 1.6 * 10^{-8} nanoseconds.

Note: count the number of zeros (0s) before 1 and write it to the power of 10.