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How do you write the standard number 0.000041 in scientific notation?

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the correct answer is 4.1 x 10^-5
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Since the given standard number above is in decimal form, the exponent in the scientific notation would be in negative. Count the number of zeros after the decimal point, and we have four zeros plus one decimal point. So, it would be 4.1 x 10^(-5). Hope this is the answer that you are looking for. 
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