WILL GIVE BRAINIEST: A beetle weighs 8.7 x 10^-3 gram. What is 8.7 x 10^-3 written in standard form?

.0087

Step-by-step explanation:

8.7 x 10^-3

10^-3  means move the decimal to the left 3 places.  The negative means left, positive would mean right.  We add 0 to make enough places to move it to the left 3

008.7

Move it 3 places left

.0087

This is in standard form

for ex: the reciprocal of 3/4 is 4/3. it is the opposite.

reciprocal definition:

a mathematical expression or function so related to another that their product is one; the quantity obtained by dividing the number one by a given quantity.

right

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