☀️ Solar Panel Film Challenge

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Research Team Study

Solar Panel Technology

A research team is examining a special film applied to solar panels. They observe that the film's thickness measures 0.00000089 metres.

Write this measurement in standard form.

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Film Thickness
0.00000089 m
Convert to Standard Form

Click on the correct response from the choices given:

A
8.9 × 106
B
8.9 × 10-7
C
8.9 × 107
D
8.9 × 10-6
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💡 Standard Form for Small Numbers

When writing very small numbers in standard form, use a negative exponent.

For example: 0.00000089 means we move the decimal point 7 places to the right to get 8.9, so we use 10-7.