Sam is comparing the half-life of two isotopes of uranium. The half-life of Uranium-238 is 4.5×10^9 years. The half-life of Uranium-233 is 1.6×10^5 years. He computed how much greater the half-life of Uranium-238 is than that of Uranium-233, and his calculator displayed the number 2.81E4. What is this number in scientific notation?(1 point)

Question

Responses

2.81×104
2.81 times 10 superscript 4 baseline

4×102.81
4 times 10 superscript 2.81 baseline

2.81×10−4
2.81 times 10 superscript negative 4 baseline

2.81+10^4

Answer 1

The number displayed by Sam's calculator, 2.81E4, is already in scientific notation. It represents \(2.81 \times 10^4\).

So the correct response is:

2.81×10^4