Question

an egg of a certain kind of insect called a Tachinidae is 0.00002 long. what is this length in scientific notation?

Answer 1

Does it want it in standard form e.ge 0.00002 = 2 x 10(to the power of) -5, or is that in m and it wants you to convert it to micrometres?

Answer 2

 The answer would be 2 × 10⁻⁵