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Worked example result
Scientific notation4.2 × 10^5
Coefficient4.200000
Exponent5
E-notation4.2E5
Engineering notation420 × 10^3

420,000 = 4.2 × 10^5: move the decimal point 5 places left to get a coefficient of 4.2, and those 5 moves become the exponent.

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