a) move the decimal 7 places to the left: **1.234 x 10^7
**b) move the decimal 4 places to the right: 5.7 x 10^-4 **
**Hope this helps!!
1 ← 7 2340000 = 1.2340000 ⋅ 1 0 7 = 1.234 ⋅ 1 0 7 0. 4 → 0005 7 = 5.7 ⋅ 1 0 − 4
The number 12,340,000 in scientific notation is 1.234 × 10^7, and 0.00057 is written as 5.7 × 10^{-4}.
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