The diameter of carbon atom is.000000000154m. What is this expressed in scientific notation.
Chemistry · Middle School · Thu Feb 04 2021
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Given:
The diameter of carbon atom is 0.000000000154 m
Expressed in scientific notation.
Solution:
In order to change a number in standard form to scientific notation, simply count the number of zeros and non zeros excluding the final digit, for decimals we only include the first non-zero digit. The given number has a total of 49zeros and 1 non zero, therefore the magnitude or the degree of the scientific notation is -10. The other non-zero numbers excluding the first non-zero will be written in decimal point.
= 0.000000000154 m
= 1.54 x 10^-10
Final answer:
= 1.54 x 10^-10