Question

Len wants to write the number 100000 using a base of 10 and an exponent. What number should he use as the exponent

Answer 1

10 to the 5th power which equals 100,000

Answer 2

For this case what we must do is use a base as a number and an exponent.

We must write an expression of the form:

$b ^ a$

Where,

b: base

a: exponent

We then have the following number:

$100000$

We can write the number as:

$100000 = 10 * 10 * 10 * 10 * 10$

By definition we have:

In the multiplication, if we have the same base, the exponents are added:

$100000 = 10 ^ {(1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1)}\\100000 = 10 ^ 5$

Answer:

A number that should have used as the exponent is:

5