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OpenStudy (anonymous):

How does scientific notation work?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Would 0.0001578 be 1578x10 to the power of negetive 3?

OpenStudy (shinalcantara):

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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Its the number of 0's So my answer would be 1.578 to the power of -4? @shinalcantara

OpenStudy (shinalcantara):

yep

OpenStudy (shinalcantara):

if a x 10^b is the standard form of scientific notation, a must be greater than or equal to 1 but less than 10..

OpenStudy (shinalcantara):

*'a'

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Thanlks

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