To convert scientific notation to standard notation, the scientist would move the decimal point to the right or left depending on the power of 10 in the scientific notation.
If the power of 10 is positive, indicating a very large number, the scientist would move the decimal point to the right. For example, if the distance from Earth to Jupiter is represented as 6.2 x 10^8 kilometers in scientific notation, the scientist would place the decimal point after the 6 to get 620,000,000 kilometers in standard notation.
On the other hand, if the power of 10 is negative, indicating a very small number, the scientist would move the decimal point to the left. For instance, if the distance is represented as 3.75 x 10^-9 light-years in scientific notation, the scientist would place the decimal point before the 3 to get 0.00000000375 light-years in standard notation.
a scientist uses scientific notation for describing the distance for describing the distance from earth to jupiter. knowing that distance is extremely LARGE in size. if the scientist were to take the scientific notation and place it back to standard notation, which direction would the scientist move the decimal
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