Question

a biologist counted 10,000 migrating monarch butterflies. how do you express 10,000 as a power of 10​

Answer 1

10
`^4`

Explanation:

We know that a biologist counted 10,000 migrating monarch butterflies and we are to write this number of butterflies as a power of 10.

Numbers such as 10, 100, 1000, 10000 can be expressed as a power of 10 denoted by
`10^n` where the power
`n` is the number of zeros in that number.

So we can write 10,000 as:

`10^4`

Answer 2

10000 =
`10^(4)`.

Explanation:

If a number is given in terms of 10, 100, 1000, 10000 then the number can be represented as
`10^(n)`

where n is number of 0 present in the given number.

Therefore for a biologist who counted butterfly as 10,000 may be represented as
`10^(n)` where n = 4.

So 10000 =
`10^(4)`