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How would you explain this?
The question is: The radius of a hydrogen atom is about 0.000000106 millimeters. Write the length of the radius in scientific notation.
I did that.....
And then it said: On the lines below, explain how you got your answer.
How would you explain it and yet be precise?
1 Answer
- hayharbrLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
You move the decimal point until it is after the first non-zero digit, counting the place moves (this number will be the exponent of 10, which will be negative since the number is < 1). Then drop all the zeros to the left of the first non-zero digit. 1.06 x 10 ^ -7
