document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=4201>Question 4201</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> find the value of <BR>\n" );
document.write( "                       5 X 10^-5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "                       25 X 10^3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(5 X 10^-5) / (25 X 10^3)  You can do the integer part first:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  5/25 = 1/5 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then do the exponential part:  10^-5 / 10^3  Dividing exponents means you have to subtract the exponents:  -5 -3 = -8  So 10^-5/10^3 = 10^-8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Generally, we like to see positive exponents in the answer, so 10^-8 = 1/10^8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The final answer is: (1/5)X10^-8 = 1/(5X10^8)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If you have to write the answer in \"standard notation\" (without exponents), then it would become:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  (1/5)X10^-8 = 0.2X10^-8 = 0.000000002 </SPAN>\n" );
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