what is 0.004694 Converted into scientific notation?

1 Answer

#4.694 xx 10^(-3)#

Explanation:

#0.004694#

Since we are counting from left to right, the exponent would be minus..

But if we would start counting from the right to the left, the exponent would be positive, which is not right.

Therefore;

#0.004694 = 4.694 xx 10^(-3)# since we counted 3 times after the decimal point..