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A certain microscope is able to magnify an object up to 100,000 times its original size. In scientific notation, 100,000 is _____?
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A certain microscope is able to magnify an object up to 100,000 times its original size. In scientific notation, 100,000 is _____?

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shift 5 decimal places to the left, so the exponent for base 10 is 5. Therefore, the number in scientific notation is:
1.0 x 105
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