Question #60dab

2 Answers
Mar 26, 2017

Because the exponent for the 10s term is negative the decimal point needs to move 5 places to the left:

2 xx 10^-5 = 2.0 xx 10^-5 = 0.00002

Mar 26, 2017

if that's what you're looking for the 1 / 50000

Explanation:

2 * 10^(-5) = 2 * 1 / 10^5 = 2 / 100000 = 1 / 50000 = 1/ (5 * 10^4)