Question

What is 33,400 in a scientific notation?

Answer 1

`3.34xx10^4`

Explanation:

Removing all insignificant digits from 33400 is necessary, get rid of the two zeros.

334 is the new number, three `color(red)hcolor(red)ucolor(red)ncolor(red)dcolor(red)rcolor(red)ecolor(red)dcolor(red)` thirty-four.

divide 334 by 100

`334/100=3.34`

3.34 is the correct number for scientific notation.

remember there were `color(blue)4` numbers that followed `color(red)3` in `color(red)3`3400, we use `color(blue)4` as the exponent of 10 when finalizing 33400 in scientific notation.

`3.34xx10^color(blue)4`= `33400`