Answer:
10 needs to be raised to the power of 3 in order to express 4940 properly in scientific notation = 4.94 × 10³
Explanation:
Scientific Notation can be defined as a means of expressing real numbers by multiply them with 10 raised to the power of a particular number.
Scientific notation can also be referred to as standard form
In the above question, in order to be able to express 4940 as a scientific notation,
4940 = 4.940 × 10³ = 4.94 × 10³
Therefore, 10 needs to be raised to the power of 3 in order to express 4940 properly in scientific notation.