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What is the power of 10 when 0.000028 is written in scientific notation

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2.8x10 to the power of -5
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For this case, the first thing we must do is define the scientific notation.

We have then:

Scientific notation is a way of writing numbers too big or small in a conventional way.

A number written in scientific notation has the following form:


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Where,

m: it is called matinsa

e: it is the order of magnitude

Therefore, for the given number we have that the scientific notation is:


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Answer:

the power of 10 when 0.000028 is written in scientific notation is:

-5

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