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

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10 to the 5th power which equals 100,000
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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:


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Where,

b: base

a: exponent

We then have the following number:


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We can write the number as:


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By definition we have:

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


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Answer:

A number that should have used as the exponent is:

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