Express this number using scientific notation. 5075

Sagot :

To express a number in scientific notation there would only be one digit to the left of the decimal point which is the units digit and this will be multiplied to a power of 10 to represent a desired value or:

[tex]a*10^b[/tex]

So,
[tex]5075 \\ =5.075*10^3[/tex]

The number 5075 has 4 significant digits so 5.075 should also have 4 significant
 digits so it remains the same.

Therefore the answer is:
[tex]5.075*10^3[/tex]