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An exponent that is a positive integer. For example, x3 has a positive exponent, while 8-5 does not.
510 can be expressed as 5.1 × 102
Anything to the power of a negative number is equal to one divided that "anything" raised to the positive value of the exponent. For example:a-b = 1/ abSo you can think of this by expressing the number as a fraction. Consider, what is 0.1 as a fraction? The answer is 1/10. This means that when expressed as an exponent, it would be 10-1.
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