One fluid ounce is equivalent to 0.0078125 US liquid gallon. How do you write 0.0078125 in scientific notation?

Answer 1

To write the number 0.0078125 in scientific notation, you can follow these steps:

1. Move the decimal point to the right until you have a number between 1 and 10. In this case, you would move the decimal point three places to the right, which gives you 7.8125.
2. Count how many places you moved the decimal point. Since we moved it three places to the right, the exponent will be -3 (because we moved it to the right).
3. Now, you can express 0.0078125 as \(7.8125 \times 10^{-3}\).

So, in scientific notation, 0.0078125 is written as \(7.8125 \times 10^{-3}\).