Write each of the follwing in a scientific notation with three significant figures. 103.814 g 37.248 kg 0.0020 km 99,000 mm 0.00099 L 1,000,000 s

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Write each of the follwing in a scientific notation with three significant figures.

103.814 g

37.248 kg

0.0020 km

99,000 mm

0.00099 L

1,000,000 s

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Chemistry homework question answer, step 1, image 1Scientific notation is a way of writing very large or very small numbers. A number is written in scientific notation when a number between 1 and 10 is multiplied by a power of 10.

For example, 360,000,00 can be written in scientific notation as 3.6 ✕ 10^7

This scientific notation has two significant figure. 

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