Question
What is the correct answer when you convert the number, 6,282 into scientific notation?
62.82 × 10^4
6.282 × 10^3
6.282 × 10^4
62.82 × 10^3
62.82 × 10^4
6.282 × 10^3
6.282 × 10^4
62.82 × 10^3
Answers
GPT-4o mini
To convert the number 6,282 into scientific notation, we need to express it as a number between 1 and 10 multiplied by a power of 10.
In this case, 6,282 can be expressed as 6.282 (which is between 1 and 10) multiplied by 10 raised to the power of 4, since moving the decimal point 4 places to the left gives us the original number:
\[ 6,282 = 6.282 \times 10^4 \]
So the correct answer is:
**6.282 × 10^4**
In this case, 6,282 can be expressed as 6.282 (which is between 1 and 10) multiplied by 10 raised to the power of 4, since moving the decimal point 4 places to the left gives us the original number:
\[ 6,282 = 6.282 \times 10^4 \]
So the correct answer is:
**6.282 × 10^4**