Question

How do you convert 0.000098 into scientific notation?

Answer 1

`9.8*10^-5`

Explanation:

The key realization is that when we write numbers in scientific notation, we want one non-zero digit before the decimal.

In our case, we want it between the `9` and the `8`, so we must loop the decimal `5` times to the right. This will be our exponent.

Since we looped the decimal to the right, the exponent will be negative. We get

`9.8*10^-5`

Hope this helps!