How do you write $1.4 times 10^-5$ as an ordinary number?

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Answer 1 · 2017-01-02T02:19:41

0.000014

Because the exponent of the 10 term is a negative number you need to move the decimal point to the left 5 positions;

$1.4 xx 10^(-5) =0color(red)(.00001)4$

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