Thinking Like an Engineer: An Active Learning Approach (3rd Edition)
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Author: Elizabeth A. Stephan, David R. Bowman, William J. Park, Benjamin L. Sill, Matthew W. Ohland
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Chapter 7, Problem 1RQ
Express the following values using scientific notation, engineering notation, and using an appropriate SI prefix such that there are only one, two, or three digits shown to the left of the decimal.
Standard | Scientific | Engineering | With Prefix |
(a) 0.0698 meters [m] | |||
(b) 501,000,000,000 grams [g] | |||
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