one second is approximately 0.0000115741 of the day. What is the number in scientific notation?
The number 0.0000115741 in scientific notation is approximately 1.15741 x 10^-5.
To express the number 0.0000115741 in scientific notation, we need to move the decimal point to the right until there is one non-zero digit to the left of the decimal point. This requires moving the decimal point 7 places to the right:
0.0000115741 = 1.15741 × 10^(-5)
In scientific notation, the base (1.15741) is a number between 1 and 10, and the exponent (-5) indicates the number of decimal places we moved the decimal point to get the original number.