Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics
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(I) Write out the following numbers in full with the correct number of zeros: (a) 8.69 × 104, (b) 9.1 × 103, (c) 8.8 × 10−1, (d) 4.76 × 102, and (e) 3.62 × 10−5.
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