At the end of this lesson, you will be able to:
understand scientific notation
derived SI units
watch the video, "Introduction to scientific notation"
used to express very large and very small numbers
based on multiplying a decimal by 10 to some exponent
a.bb x 10ⁿ
convert the following to scientific notation (round to 3 decimal places)
speed of light -> 299,792,458 m/s
2.99 x 10⁸
mass of a proton -> mass is 0.0000000000000000000000000016726 kg
1.67 x 10⁻²⁷
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