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Express 5.09 ×10^-4 in standard form.

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It's in scientific notation >>> 5.09 × 10⁻⁴ <<<

10^-4 negative number means: the decimal point has to move to the left, 4 decimal places.

Result: 0.000509 (standard form)

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.000509.

when to is to a negative power move the decimal that many places to the left

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