The problem wants us to write 617,205 in scientific notation.
Scientific notation goes by the form of;
where m is any number between 1 and 10, and
n is any number from postive to negative numbers.
To write 617,205 in scientific notation, we only have to follow these steps.
1. Move the decimal point (since 617,205 is equal to 617,205.0) to the left 5 times so that 617,205 becomes 6.17205. Thus, fulfilling our first condition that "m" must be in between 1 and 10.
2. Since we moved the decimal places 5 times to the left, our n is now equal to positive 5 since me moved it to the left. But, if you move a decimal place to the right n becomes negative. So in short our n = 5.
3. Write the scientific notation in the form;
where m = 6.17205 and,
n = 5
Therefore our scientific notation is,
