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9.9×10^-3 how do we get that before standard form

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The power of 10 shows how many digits it are necessary to run the decimal point


\begin{gathered} 9.9\ast10^(-3)\text{ (Move the decimal point }3\text{ to the left)} \\ 9.9\ast10^(-3)=0.0099 \end{gathered}

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