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[From: ] [author: ] [Date: 11-04-26] [Hit: ]
-for a negative exponent just shift the affect digits into the denominator. 10^-13=1/10^13=1/10,000,000,000,so what do you thing is bigger?......
Supposed a = 10^-3 and b = 10^-13. How much greater is a than b? My guess is 10^-10 but I'm not sure. Either 10^-10 or 10^10. Please help me understand! Thanks!

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a/b = (10^-3) / (10^-13) = (10^-3)*(10^13) = 10^10 ----> a is 10^10 times larger than b.

Edit. 10^-10 would indicate that a was very much smaller than b.

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for a negative exponent just shift the affect digits into the denominator.

ie 10^-3=1/10^3=1/1000

10^-13=1/10^13=1/10,000,000,000,000


so what do you thing is bigger? one one-thousand or ten quadrillonths
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