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What is 312,000 in a scientific notation?

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Jun 21, 2016

$= 3.12 \times 10^{5}$ $=color(green)(3.12 xx 10^5$

Explanation:

$312, 000$ $312,000$ can be expressed as $312 \times 1000$ $312 xx color(blue)(1000$

$= 312 \times 10^{3}$ $= 312 xx 10^3$ , this can be further expressed as :

$3.12 \times 100 \times 10^{3}$ $3.12 xx 100 xx 10^3$

$= 3.12 \times 10^{2} \times 10^{3}$ $=3.12 xx 10^2 xx 10^3$

$= 3.12 \times 10^{5}$ $=color(green)(3.12 xx 10^5$

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