A biologist counted 10,000 migrating monarch butterflies. How do you express 10,000 as a power of 10?

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Johnson Z.
May 14, 2016

#10^4#

Explanation:

To express #10000# as a power of #10#, you need to determine how many times you need to multiply #10# by itself in order to get #10000#.

Recall that the number of zeros after the #1# in #10000# represents the number of times you multiply #10# by itself. Since there are #4# zeros after the #1#, #10# is multiplied by itself four times.

This can be expressed as:

#10^4#

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