Complete the follwing table. decimal notation  Scientific notations   Number of significant figures 400,000 0.000600 21,995,000 0.05050                                   7.28x10`3                                   3.608x10`5                                   9.4090x10`4                                    1.5 x 10`3

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Complete the follwing table.

decimal notation  Scientific notations   Number of significant figures

400,000

0.000600

21,995,000

0.05050

                                  7.28x10`3

                                  3.608x10`5

                                  9.4090x10`4

                                   1.5 x 10`3

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The decimal representation denotes the number in normal form that is it will not included any power in it. Scientific notation represents the number with power on 10. In this notation, decimal point will be present after first nonzero value. The significant number can be counted as:

  1. Zero present before a number will not be counted as significant figure.
  2. The zero present in between and after a number will be counted as a significant figure.

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