How do you write $123456.789$ in scientific notation?

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Answer 1 · 2016-02-19T05:16:18

$123456.789$ can be written as $1.23456789*10^5$ in scientific notation.

Scientific Notation writes numbers in the form $x*(10)^n$ , where n is an integer and $x$ is a number so that $1 <=x<10$ .

For example, $.000000001234$ can be written as $1.234*10^(-9)$ .

In the instant, $123456.789$ can be written as $1.23456789*10^5$ in scientific notation.

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