The decimal goes after the first number digit and that x 10^y where y is the number of places you moved the decimal (+ if you moved it to the left or - iof you moved it to the right). For example,
c is 9.589 x 10^-1
d is 7.45 x 10^2
etc.
Express the following numbers in scientific notation.
(c) 0.9589
(d) 745
(e) 74100
(f) 0.002031
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