Question

How do you write `10^-5` in decimal form?

Answer 1

`10^(-5) = 0.00001`

Explanation:

By definition of negative power, `A^(-n) = 1/(A^n)`

Therefore, by definition, `10^(-5) = 1/(10^5)`
Obviously,
`1/(10^5) = 1/100000 = 0.00001`

Hence, `10^(-5) = 0.00001`