Evaluate 10^-5

$10^{- 5}$

Step 1

Rewrite the expression using the negative exponent rule $b^{- n} = \frac{1}{b^{n}}$ .

$\frac{1}{10^{5}}$

Step 2

Raise $10$ to the power of $5$ .

$\frac{1}{100000}$

Step 3

The result can be shown in multiple forms.

Exact Form:

$\frac{1}{100000}$

Decimal Form:

$1 \cdot 10^{- 5}$