SOLUTION: i am confused as to what it means be "Write each expression as a decimal" with problems like 57) 10 to the negative 5th power 58) 10 to the negative 8th power 59) 4 times 10

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: i am confused as to what it means be "Write each expression as a decimal" with problems like

57) 10 to the negative 5th power
58) 10 to the negative 8th power
59) 4 times 10 to the negative first power
60) 6 times 10 to the negative 4th power

please help me to figure out what this means!


cody-

9th grade Lake Howell High School!
This question is from textbook prentice hall mathmatics algebra

Found 3 solutions by stanbon, Fombitz, checkley71:
Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
"Write each expression as a decimal" with problems like
57) 10 to the negative 5th power
10^-5 = 0.00001
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58) 10 to the negative 8th power
10^-8 = 0.00000001
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59) 4 times 10 to the negative first power
and
4*10^-1 = 4*0.1 = 0.4
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60) 6 times 10 to the negative 4th power
6*10^-4 = 6*0.0001 = 0.0006
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Cheers,
Stan H.

Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let's take them one at a time.
57) is the same as
58) is the same as
58) is the same as
59) is the same as

Answer by checkley71(8403)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
NEGATIVE EXPONENTS REQUIRE YOU TO MOVE THE DECIMAL POINT TO THE LEFT X PLACES.
10^-3 OR 1. WITH AN EXPONENT OF -3 EQUALS .001
10^-5=.00001
10^-8=.00000001
4*10^-1=.4
6*10^-4=.0006

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