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The gold leaf on your necklace is 0.000045 of an inch thick. How do you write 0.000045 in scientific notation?

The gold leaf on your necklace is 0.000045 of an inch thick. How do you write 0.000045 in-example-1
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0.000045 = 00.00045 /10
= 000.0045 / 100
= 0000.045 / 1 000
= 00000.45 / 10 000
= 000004.5 / 100 000 = 4.5 * 10^(-5)

That is in
scientific notation

I hope that helps

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