Scientific Notation/Examples/Negative Powers of 10
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Examples of Scientific Notation
Various powers of $10$ with negative exponent are specified in scientific notation as follows:
\(\ds 1\) | \(=\) | \(\ds 10^0\) | ||||||||||||
\(\ds 0 \cdotp 1\) | \(=\) | \(\ds 10^{-1}\) | ||||||||||||
\(\ds 0 \cdotp 01\) | \(=\) | \(\ds 10^{-2}\) | ||||||||||||
\(\ds 0 \cdotp 000 \, 01\) | \(=\) | \(\ds 10^{-5}\) |
Sources
- 1972: Murray R. Spiegel and R.W. Boxer: Theory and Problems of Statistics (SI ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $1$: Scientific Notation: Example 2.