How do you change 0.000047 to an exponential number?
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Jason
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4.7 x 10^-5
Don't listen to these people who are doing the number as a positive. the exponent should not be positive because if it was positive the number wouldn't be a decimal rather it would be a whole number.
madbaldscotsman
it's 47 x 10 to the negative 4th power
Just count the zeros before the whole number and make the exponent of the '10' a negative.
tenniscolleggrl24
0.000047= 4.7 * 10^5
u would have to move the decimal 5 spaces to the right
this means that the exponential number is positive.
jaws
4.7*10^5