Question

The length of an object is measured as 85.9 centimeters. What is this measurement in scientific notation?

A)8.59 × 101 centimeters
B)859 × 101 centimeters
C )0.859 × 102 centimeters
D) 8,590 × 102 centimeters

Answer 1

For scientific notation, the other factor has to be more than 1 but less than 10. This can help use eliminate 3 options and leave us with the right answer.
We should still look into the answer.
If we actually multiply it, does it get us to 85.9?
8.59×10
85.9
So A)8.59×10^1 centimeters.

Answer 2

The correct option is A. That is 8.59  x  10¹ cm.

What is Scientific notation?

Scientific notation is a method of expressing numbers that are either too large or too little to be expressed in decimal form. It's also known as scientific form or standard index form.

Given number will be represented in the scientific form as follows:-

=  85.9 cm

=  8.5  x  10¹  cm

Therefore correct option is A. That is 8.59  x  10¹ cm.

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