Which of the following expressions is 0.00012 written in scientific notation? A. 0.12 × 10^-3 B. 1.2 × 10^-4 C. 12 × 10^-5 D. 1.
2 answers:
Answer:
B. 1.2 x
Step-by-step explanation:
Scientific notation is a way of writing very large or very small numbers. A number is written in scientific notation when a number between 1 and 10 is multiplied by a power of 10. For example, 650,000,000 can be written in scientific notation as 6.5 ✕ 10^8. Or, in this case it's the opposite since we have a negative number. Since it's a decimal it's multiplied by 10 still but the exponent is negative. All we need to do to find what the exponent would be in this case is to count the number of zeros before the "12." There are 4 zeros before the 12. So your exponent would be -4. Now all we need to do is write out "equation" per say.
1.2 x 10^-4
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Step-by-step explanation:
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- The eighth-graders asked to measure the length of their right foot at
the beginning of the school year, as part of a science project
- The foot length is approximately Normally distributed, with a mean of
23.4 cm
∴ μ = 23.4 cm
- The standard deviation of 1.7
∴ σ = 1.7 cm
- 25 eighth-graders from this population are randomly selected
∴ n = 25
- To find the probability of the sample mean foot length less than 23
∴ The sample mean x = 23, find the standard deviation σx
- The rule to find σx is σx = σ/√n
∵ σ = 1.7 and n = 25
∴ σx = 1.7/√25 = 1.7/5 = 0.34
- Now lets find the z-score using the rule z-score = (x - μ)/σx
∵ x = 23 , μ = 23.4 , σx = 0.34
∴ z-score = (23 - 23.4)/0.34 = -1.17647 ≅ -1.18
- Use the table of the normal distribution to find P(x < 23)
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* The probability of the sample mean foot length less than 23 cm is 0.120
