Question

A proton is a very tiny particle inside an atom. The mass of a proton is
estimated to be 0.00000000000000000000000167 g. What is the mass of a proton in scientific notation?

Answer 1

Answer:

1.67x10-24

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

The mass of the proton in scientific notation is given by:

$1.67 \times 10^{-24}$

A number in scientific notation has the following format:

$y = a \times 10^b$

• a is a number in the interval $[1, 10)$.
• b is the power of 10. If the number is greater than 1, the power is positive. If the number is between 0 and 1, the power is negative.

In this problem, the number is: $0.00000000000000000000000167$.

• To place into scientific notation, we need that $a = 1.67$.
• Moving the decimal point to after the 1, it would move 24 places, in a number between 0 and 1, thus $b = -24$

Thus, the mass of the proton, in scientific notation, is of:

$1.67 \times 10^{-24}$

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