A certain microscope is able to magnify an object up to 100,000 times its original size. In scientific notation, 100,000 is _____.

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anonymous · Answer

These are the possible answers

1 x 10-5
1 x 10-4
1 x 104
1 x 105

anonymous · Answer

The last numbers are powers to 10

anonymous · Answer

The last option is what you want to pick.

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I need help so...

welshfella · Answer

which one do you think it  -  negative powers  are values < 1 so it cant be the first 2.

anonymous · Answer

To write down the scientific notation you have to counnt the number of zeros.

anonymous · Answer

Since in this case there are 5 zeroes, that's the number you'd be using for scientici notation as the exponent of 10 or sometimes used as "e" on your calculator.

anonymous · Answer

Okay I got it lol.

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Awesome! Happy learning to you:)

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