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The measurement 0.00000575 can be represented in scientific notation as
5.75 x 10^-6
In order to determine what degree must the number be raised to, we count the number of zeros to the right of the equation and include the first non zero number. It can be seen that there are five zeros, plus the first non zero number, so the scientific notation will have a degree of -6. It became -6 since the numbers presented are in decimal form, and it is counted to the right. For numbers presented as a whole number, the degree will not be negative like for example:
400 = 4 x 10^2
63000 = 6.3 x 10^4