Question

One fluid ounce is equivalent to 0.0078125 US liquid gallon. How do you write 0.0078125 in scientific notation?(1 point)

Answer 1

To write 0.0078125 in scientific notation, you can express it as:

\[ 7.8125 \times 10^{-3} \]

This means that the decimal point has been moved three places to the right to create a number between 1 and 10, which is 7.8125, and the exponent indicates the shift of the decimal point.