South MAT1100 Week 9 Discussion Latest 2020 JULY

MAT1100 COLLEGE ALGEBRA

Week 9 Discussion

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Scientific notation is used all around us, though it is generally hidden in metric prefixes. In the grocery store we might see it as a label saying there are LaTeX: 6060 milligrams of sodium in a product. This means LaTeX: 60 \times 10^{-3}60 × 10 − 3 or LaTeX: 6\times 10^{-2}6 × 10 − 2 grams. What is an example of scientific notation you see in everyday use and what is one you might encounter in your major?