Question

Taylor states that 2,800,000 in scientific notation is 2.8 x 10 -6 because the number has six places to the right of the 2. Is Taylor's reasoning correct?

Answer 1

Scientific Notation is the way of writing a number or expressing them in a shorter or more compact way.

No, Taylor's resoning is incorrect because  2,800,000 = $2.8 * 10^{6}$

From the question, we are given:

2,800,000 .

2,800,000 in scientific notation is  $2.8 * 10^{6}$.  

The reason the power is not to the negative 6 is that we are moving from the right-hand side to the left-hand side 6 times.

Therefore, Taylor's reasoning is incorrect.

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