SOLUTION: how do you write a decimal as a power of 10?

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Question 529729: how do you write a decimal as a power of 10?
Answer by JBarnum(2146) About Me  (Show Source):
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1.3%2A10%5E6=1300000 a positive exponent moves decimal point to the right as many as the exponent indicates
1001.5%2A10%5E%28-3%29=1.0015 a negative exponent moves decimal point to the left as many as the exponent indicates
1036%2F10000=1036%2A10%5E%28-4%29=.1036