How do you write 0.00008 in scientific notation?

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Answer 1 · 2016-05-25T18:26:43

#8.0 x10^-5#

To convert 0.00008 to scientific notation we must move the decimal until the 8 is in the ones place.

This means we are moving the decimal to the right five times.

This makes the value #8.0 x 10^-5#

We could also look at this as 0.00008 is the same as

#8/(100,000)#

or

#8/10^5#

Which when placed in the numerator becomes

#8.0 x 10^-5#