How do you write 36.41 in scientific notation?

Answer 1

#3.641xx10#
Follow me method and you are not likely to go wrong!

Once there is only one number to the left of the decimal place, keep it stationary and'slide' the number right. The number of times you need to slide is equal to the power you take ten to.

Slide to the right 1 place giving: #3.641#

However, since this value differs from the initial one, we must multiply it by ten to make it equal:

#10xx3.641 = 36.41#

In this case the power for 10 is 1. In that we have #10^1# but this is simply written as just 10.

So the final answer is: #3.641xx10#

Another time you may need to 'slide' to the left. In which case your 10 would look like #10^(-x)#

If you had #0.032 -> 3.2xx10^(-2)#

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Answer 2

Eli Assouline

36.41 in scientific notation is written as 3.641 × 10^1.

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Answer from HIX Tutor

When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.