The speed of an electron is #4.3 * 10^5# #m##/##s#. How do you write this number in standard form?

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Nam D.
Mar 10, 2018

It'll be #430,000 \ "m/s"#.

Explanation:

We have the speed of the electron as #4.3*10^5 \ "m/s"#.

In standard notation, that'll mean that we just have to shift #4.3# five decimal places to the right, and we get

#430,000 \ "m/s"#.

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