in scientific notation, you want (a number less than 10 and more than 0) times 10^x so 48978 made so that it is less than 10 and more than 0 is 4.8978 we count how many times we divided 48978 by 10 to get 4.8978 and we get 4 so 4.8978 times 10^4 or on an online test 4.8978e+04
48, 978 --> 4.8978 * 10^(4)
4.8978 * 10^(4)
48,978 in scientific notation is written as 4.8978 × 1 0 4 . This is achieved by moving the decimal four places to the left to create a number between 1 and 10. The exponent represents how many places the decimal has moved.
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