Question

What is the product of 3500 and 5.6 × 10^4 expressed in scientific notation?

Answer 1

The product of 3500 and $5.6\times10^4$ is $(3500)(5.6)\times10^4=(3.5)(10^3)(5.6)(10^4)=(3.5)(5.6)(10^3)(10^4)=19.6\times10^7$. In scientific notation, we express this as $\boxed{1.96\times10^8}$.