Question

What is 35,681,000,000 expressed in scientific notation

Answer 1

Explanation:

in scientific notation, we leave only 1 digit to left of the decimal point.

now

35681000000 is really the same as 35681000000.0

so we can say the zero is way over there on the right-side, and we have to move it to the left, right in front of the "3", between "3" and "5", so the "3" is the only digit to the left of the decimal point.

to do that, we'll be moving it hmmmmm 10 slots over, therefore

35681000000

3.5681000000 x 10¹⁰

or

3.5681 x 10¹⁰ <---- using only significant digits.

Answer 2

in scientific notation, we leave only 1 digit to left of the decimal point.

now

35681000000 is really the same as 35681000000.0

so we can say the zero is way over there on the right-side, and we have to move it to the left, right in front of the "3", between "3" and "5", so the "3" is the only digit to the left of the decimal point.

to do that, we'll be moving it hmmmmm 10 slots over, therefore

35681000000

3.5681000000 x 10¹⁰

or

3.5681 x 10¹⁰ <---- using only significant digits.