Q. How do you write 475 in scientific notation?______×10______
Identify most significant digit: Identify the most significant digit in 475. The most significant digit is 4 because it is the first non-zero digit from the left.
Place decimal point: Place the decimal point after the most significant digit to create a number between 1 and 10. By placing the decimal after the 4, we get 4.75.
Count decimal point movement: Count the number of places the decimal point has moved from its original position to its new position.The decimal point has moved 2 places to the left to get from 475 to 4.75.
Write number as product: Write the number as a product of the number found in Step 2 and 10 raised to the power of the number of places the decimal point moved.Since the decimal point moved 2 places, we write 475 as 4.75×102.
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