Why 10 is taken as a base in standard form?
Question asked by: arjunvijay
Asked on: 23 Jan 2010
10 to the power of 1 is 10, so the base is therefore 10.
Using indices and the law of indices as is the case with standard form requires some base, and conventionally this is base 10 since we use the decimal counting system then it makes sense for the base in standard form to also be from the decimal system.
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Replied at: 24 Jan 2010
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