Question

The population of Earth is estimated to be 7.4 billion people, or 7,400,000,000. What is this number in scientific notation?

Answer 1

Answer:

7.4 x 10 to the 9th power

Step-by-step explanation:

At the end of numbers, there is a decimal point. when writing in function notation, you bring the point to the left or to the right depending on if it is a negative or a positive number

in this problem, you are dealing with a positive number, so bring the decimal point to the left. count how many numbers it takes to get in between, in this number, 7 and 4. it takes 9 spaces to the left. now the decimal point has been moved, your number goes from 7,400,000,000 to 7.4 x 10 to the 9th power(7.4 x 10^9)