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:

\(\ds 1\) \(=\) \(\ds 10^0\)
\(\ds 0 \cdotp 1\) \(=\) \(\ds 10^{-1}\)
\(\ds 0 \cdotp 01\) \(=\) \(\ds 10^{-2}\)
\(\ds 0 \cdotp 000 \, 01\) \(=\) \(\ds 10^{-5}\)


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