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Linda converted 0.0005 liters to milliliters using a calculator. The calculator displayed the number 5E−7 . What is this number in scientific notation?
Linda converted 0.0005 liters to milliliters using a calculator. The calculator displayed the number 5E−7 . What is this number in scientific notation?
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The notation \(5E-7\) represents the number in scientific notation as \(5 \times 10^{-7}\).
To confirm that this is in the correct form, we note that scientific notation is expressed as \(a \times 10^n\), where \(1 \leq a < 10\) and \(n\) is an integer. Here, \(5\) fits the requirement, and \(-7\) is the exponent.
Thus, \(5E-7\) is equivalent to \(5 \times 10^{-7}\) in scientific notation.
To confirm that this is in the correct form, we note that scientific notation is expressed as \(a \times 10^n\), where \(1 \leq a < 10\) and \(n\) is an integer. Here, \(5\) fits the requirement, and \(-7\) is the exponent.
Thus, \(5E-7\) is equivalent to \(5 \times 10^{-7}\) in scientific notation.