Write 0.0035621 in scientific notation show work

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0.0035621 in scientific notation is written as 3.5621 × 10^-3.

To convert a number to scientific notation, we count the number of decimal places that the decimal point has shifted to the right or left to create a number between 1 and 10. Then, we multiply this number by 10 raised to the power of the number of decimal places the decimal point was shifted.

In this case, we move the decimal point to the right 3 places to get the number 3.5621. Since we moved the decimal point to the right, the exponent is negative. Therefore, the scientific notation for 0.0035621 is 3.5621 × 10^-3.