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If you wrote 0.0009763 as a single digit times a power of ten, would the exponent be positive or negative? A. 00:00 The exponent would be negative because the original number is greater than one. B. 00:00 The exponent would be positive because the original number is greater than one. C. 00:00 The exponent would be negative because the original number is less than one. D. 00:00 The exponent would be positive because the original number is less than one.

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Answer:

The exponent would be negative because the original number is less than one.

Explanation:

The given number is 0.0009763. We can write it as a single digit times a power of ten.

There are 3 zeroes after decimal and then 9 comes. As the original number is less than. It means we can write it as follows :


0.0009763=9.76* 10^(-4)

The exponent is negative here. The correct option is (c) "The exponent would be negative because the original number is less than one"

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