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It has been a long time since I used scientific notation.. I thought I had the right idea but apparently not. The answer I got was 6.92e2. Help please

This is also a scientiic notation problem. There can be more than one answer!

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Numbers may be entered in several formats - including scientific notation and numerical expressions. WebAssign uses standard scientific or "e" notation for "times 10 raised to the power." For example, 1e3 is the scientific notation for 1000.

It has been a long time since I used scientific notation.. I thought I had the right idea but apparently not. The answer I got was 6.92e2. Help please 1. Very large and very small numbers are easier to write in scientific notation. For example, the number, 69200 would be written 6.92 104 in scientific notation. How would you enter this number in WebAssign using scientific notation to 3 significant figures? (WebAssign uses e-notation for entering scientific numbers, for example, 1.23e-4.) This is also a scientiic notation problem. There can be more than one answer! Numbers may be entered in several formats - including scientific notation and numerical expressions. WebAssign uses standard scientific or "e" notation for "times 10 raised to the power." For example, 1e3 is the scientific notation for 1000. You cannot have a space in a number. You cannot substitute the letter O for zero or the letter l for 1. You cannot include the units in the number unless specifically asked for. You can include the sign + or - of the number. Which of the entries below will be interpreted as numbers? (Select all that apply.) 1.56e-3.25E42.54 m1.56 e-91.9435-4.991.23 inches

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69200 can be written as 6.92e4

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1.56e-9 is a number

3.25E4 not a number since webassign does not recognize upper class E

2.54 m not a number because units are usually asked to enter in a different box

1.56 e-9 not a number because of the space

1.9435 -4.99 not a number because e is missing ‘e’

1.23 inches  not a number since units are usually not sked with numbers

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