Sandy used a transmission electron microscope to observe pollen grains at a magnification of 2,200x. What is this magnification in scientific notation?

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Jun 22, 2018

#2.2x10^3#

Explanation:

To convert to scientific notation, start by moving the decimal place in the number until you have a coefficient between 1 and 10 (https://janus.astro.umd.edu/astro/scinote/help.html). Here, it is 2.2. While the number of places to the left that you had to move the decimal point is the exponent, which is 3 times, So the exponent is 3 which gives us the answer: #2.2x10^3#

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