Chapter 4.7, Problem 8E

To determine

To rewrite $5.67\times {10}^{-3}$ in standard form.

Answer to Problem 8E

  $0.00567$

Explanation of Solution

Given information: $5.67\times {10}^{-3}$ to be written in scientific notation.

  $5.67\times {10}^{-3}$

Can be written as

  $=\frac{5.67}{1000}$

On diving the numerator by the denominator.

  $=0.00567$

This is done by multiplying the power of 10 with the decimal portion of the number.