document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=53958>Question 53958</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If 5 x 10\" = 0.005, then n =?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A. -5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B. -3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C. -2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "D. 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "E. 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This is on a college placement test, and I don't know what they are talking about!!! </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #36202 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Nate><B>Nate(3500)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Nate><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=36202\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 5 x 10^(-5) = 0.00005 No<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5 x 10^(-3) = 0.005 Yes<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Look at the power for the ten. If it was positive, you would shift to the right. It is negative, so you would shift to the left. Now, the number tells us how many digits to shift. Since it is three, you would shift three units to the left.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3 shifts left: 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2 shifts left: 0.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1 shift left: 0.05<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0 shifts left: 0.005 </SPAN>\n" );
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