Evaluate - log of 1.8*10^-5

$- \log (1.8) \cdot 10^{- 5}$

Step 1

Log base $10$ of $1.8$ is approximately $0.2552725$ .

$- 1 \cdot 0.2552725 \cdot 10^{- 5}$

Step 2

Multiply $- 1$ by $0.2552725$ .

$- 0.2552725 \cdot 10^{- 5}$

Step 3

Move the decimal point in $- 0.2552725$ to the right by $1$ place and decrease the power of $10^{- 5}$ by $1$ .

$- 2.55272505 \cdot 10^{- 6}$