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Question
An inch is approximately equal to 0.02543 metres. Write this distance in standard form.
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Solution
Standard form of 0.02543 m = 0.2543 × 10–1 m = 2.543 × 10–2 m
Hence, standard form of 0.02543 is 2.543 × 10–2 m.
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