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Which types of numbers does scientific notation best describe?

a) very small only
b) very large only
c) very small and very large
d) large and small combined

Respuesta :

The correct answer is
c) very small and very large

Let's see this with a few examples:
1) if we have a very small number, such as
[tex]0.0000000001[/tex]
we see that we can write it easily by using the scientific notation:
[tex]1\cdot 10^{-10}[/tex]
2) Similarly, if we have a very large number:
[tex]10000000000[/tex]
we see that we can write it easily by using again the scientific notation:
[tex]1 \cdot 10^{10}[/tex]