To express 350,000 in scientific notation, you start by identifying the coefficient and the exponent. In scientific notation, a number is represented as a product of a number between 1 and 10, and a power of 10.
First, we can rewrite 350,000 as 3.5 (the coefficient) multiplied by 10 raised to the power of 5. This is because moving the decimal point in 350,000 five places to the left gives us 3.5. Therefore, we have:
350,000 = 3.5 × 105
So, in scientific notation, 350,000 is written as 3.5 × 105.