Question

How do you write 9,364 in scientific notation?

Answer 1

`9364 = 9.364 xx 10^3`

Explanation:

Choose the exponent of `10` so that when the mantissa is shifted that many places to the right, the resulting value lies in the range `[1.0, 10)`.

In our example, we need to divide the mantissa by `10^3` to get it into range.