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A way of writing very large or very small numbers as a×10na \times 10^n, where 1≤a<101 \leq a < 10 and nn is a whole number. Also called scientific notation.

Example

0.00042=4.2×10−40.00042 = 4.2 \times 10^{-4}.

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