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When writing a number in scientific notation, why is it always written "X 10 to a power"?
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When writing a number in scientific notation, why is it always written "X 10 to a power"?

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Because that is how you move the decimal point multiplying by ten will move the decimal pin to and the power tells you how many times and the direction

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