Q. How do you write 950 in scientific notation?_____×10_____
Move Decimal Point Left: To write a number in scientific notation, we need to express it as a number between 1 and 10 multiplied by a power of 10. We do this by moving the decimal point in the number to the left until only one non-zero digit remains to the left of the decimal point. For the number 950, the decimal point is currently at the end of the number (950.). We need to move it two places to the left to be between the 9 and the 5.
Identify Number Between 1−10: After moving the decimal point two places to the left, we have 9.50. This is the number between 1 and 10 that we will use in the scientific notation.
Multiply by Power of 10: Since we moved the decimal point two places to the left, we need to multiply 9.50 by 10 raised to the power of 2 to get back to the original number. This gives us the scientific notation of 950.
Final Scientific Notation: Therefore, 950 in scientific notation is written as 9.50×102.