How is scientific notation used in physics?
1 Answer
Mar 26, 2015
Scientific notation is used in Physics to more easily write and work with very large numbers or very small numbers.
For example, one light year in standard notation is
The mass of an electron is
So you can see, using scientific notation makes it easier to write and work with very large and very small numbers.
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