Write 10250.4 in scientific notation.
Answer
$$ 10250.4 = 1.02504\cdot 10^{4} $$
Explanation
Step 1: Move the decimal point from its current position (the black dot) to a position immediately to the right of the first nonzero digit (the red dot).
1.0250.4
Step 2: We moved the decimal point 4 spaces to the right. Therefore, the exponent on base 10 will be positive 4.Now we know that the:
Mantissa = 1.02504
Exponent = 4
So, the solution is:
$$10250.4 = \color{blue}{ 1.02504} \cdot 10^{ \color{red}{ 4 }}$$This page was created using
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