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Will the standard form 3.2 × 10^–4 be more or less than 1? Explain what effect the negative exponent has.

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\bf \left.\qquad \qquad \right.\textit{negative exponents}\\\\ a^{-{ n}} \implies \cfrac{1}{a^( n)} \qquad \qquad \cfrac{1}{a^( n)}\implies a^{-{ n}} \qquad \qquad a^{{{ n}}}\implies \cfrac{1}{a^{-{{ n}}}}\\\\ -------------------------------\\\\ 3.2\cdot 10^(-4)\implies 3.2\cdot \cfrac{1}{10^4}\implies \cfrac{3.2}{10^4}\implies \cfrac{3.2}{10000}\implies 0.00032~\ \textless \ ~1
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