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What is 1.24 x 10^ -2 in standard form ?

User Kashyap
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The answer would be:
0.0124

Step-by-step explanation:
You are moving 2 decimal places backwards as you are multiplying by 10^-2.

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User Dolbz
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Answer:

0.0124

Step-by-step explanation:

The negative sign means that we need to move the decimal sign to the left. Since it's -2, the decimal place will be moved to 2 places to the left. From 1.24, it will become 0.0124

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