How do you convert 8956.56 and 0.000682 into scientific notiation?

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David Drayer
Jul 18, 2018

# 8.95656 xx 10^3#
# 6.82 xx 10^-4#

Explanation:

8956.56 move the decimal three places to the left to leave only one number to the left of the decimal. Keep all the significant digits ( all of the digits are significant) Multiply by 1000 ( # 10^3#) to keep the value the same.

0.000682 move the decimal four places to the right to leave only one number to the left of the decimal keep all significant digits ( The zeros are not significant) Multiply by 1/10000 (#10^-4#) to keep the value the same

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