Question

Which of the following is correct scientific notation? A 20. 35 x 10^4 B. 2035 x 10^4 2035 4 2. 035 x10^4.

Answer 1

The correct scientific notation from the provided choices is 2.035 x10⁴ as it keeps only one digit before the decimal point.

What is scientific notation?

The scientific notation is the way to write the numbers which has the value either very large or very small.To write the number in the scientific notation form, the number is written from 1 to 10 which is multiplied by the power of 10.

Suppose there is a number, 850000. Then this can be written in the scientific notation form, as,

$850000=8.5\times10^5$

While writing the scientific notation, of a number, always put one digit before the decimal point.The numbers given in the options are.

$20.35 \times10^4$

$2035 \times 10^4$

$2035^4$

$2.035 \times10^4.$

The option four has only one digit before the decimal point. Thus, this option shows the correct scientific notation.

Hence, the correct scientific notation from the provided choices is 2.035 x10⁴ as it keeps only one digit before the decimal point.

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