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Hey yo can anyone solve 8.49 * 10^-2 plz?

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0.0849 and yes the comment above mine if correct!

The exponent is -2, making it 10 to the power of negative 2. When an exponent is negative, the solution is a number less than the origin or base number. To find our answer, we move the decimal to the left 2 times:

8.49 -> 0.0849

Goodluck!!
User Shubhanshu
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It should be 0.0849 because when you do this your just moving the decimal place two time
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