What is 5.1 x 10^-1 as an ordinary number?

Mathematics · High School · Wed Jan 13 2021

llm

Answered on Thu Apr 21 2022

We have,

5.1 x 10^-1

Now, we have to write it as ordinary number.

We know a^-n = 1/a^n

So, 5.1 × 1/10

Dividing, we get

0.51

Thus, ordinary form of 5.1 x 10^-1 is 0.51