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I. Scientific Notation: used to make very large or very small numbers easier to handle; written as the
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Ifthe exponent is decimal places are to the righ

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negative, the decima p aces are to the left of the numbe .

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Example 1) 4 anbe written as 4.5 x 1

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Example 2) 0.00000000000000338 can be written as 3.78 x 1

Practice Problem #1) Write the following numbers in scientific notation:

a) b) 0.000000003018

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Practice Problem #2) Write the following scientific numbers in regular (conventional) notation:

a) 8.41 xl b) 3 215 x 1
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Practice Problem #3) Solve the following problem and write the answer in scientific notation:

a. (8.0 x x 107) 320 000 .2 h IO

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b. (6.78 x 105) 107) 3tQle¯1 8000 g. 6 g X107—V

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II. Accuracy vs. Precision

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Ill. Percent Error: measure of accuracy

ex erimental value — accepted valuel

% error x 10
accepted value

Practice Problem #4) You measure the density of silver to be 10.3 g/mL. The actual density of silver is 10.5
g/mL. Calculate the percent error.

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