Question

How do you explain a diameter of 0.00085 inches using scientific notation

Answer 1

Answer:

8.5 $E^{-4}$ inches

Step-by-step explanation:

        Scientific scientific notation  is where the super small / super large number is multiplied by a 10 (E) to the power of a number. Here, the number is smaller than 8.5 so our power must be negative. As we are making it four "places" bigger, we use the exponent of -4.

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