The contents of a cell in a spreadsheet are shown below.

5.9100765E-7

What number do the contents of the cell represent?
A.
59,100,765
B.
5,910,076.5
C.
0.0000005910
D.
0.0000000591

User Icon for Bot GPT 4-o mini Bot GPT 4-o mini answered
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The notation "5.9100765E-7" is in scientific notation, which means \(5.9100765 \times 10^{-7}\).

To convert it to a decimal:

  1. Move the decimal point 7 places to the left (because of the negative exponent):
    • Start with 5.9100765
    • Moving the decimal 7 places to the left results in: 0.00000059100765

So, the number represented is approximately \(0.000000591\).

Therefore, the answer is: C. 0.0000005910