Question

What is the number in scientific notation? ​0.000013​ Enter your answer in the box.

Answer 1

Heya there.

The answer will be

1.3 X 10 *-5

Answer 2

Scientific notation of 0.000013 is $1.3 \times 10^{-5}$

Solution:

We need to represent 0.000013 in scientific notation form.

Scientific notation is way of representing number between 1.0 and 10.0 including 1.0 and excluding 10.0, with multiplying by power of 10.

So let’s represent 0.000013 in scientific notation form

$0.000013= 0.000013 \times \frac{100000}{100000}$

$= \frac{1.3}{100000}$

$= 1.3 \times \frac{1}{10^5}$

$=1.3 \times 10^{-5}$

Hence the scientific notation of 0.000013 is $1.3 \times 10^{-5}$