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Powers of ten are of the form: <B><math>1*10^x</math></B>
Powers of ten are numbers of the form: <B><math>10^X</math></B> where x is an arbitrary [[Real number]], they are an important concept in mathematics an economics.
Examples are 100 (x=2), 0.1 (x=-1), and 3.162 (x=0.5).
A list of positive, whole powers of ten:
[[Template:Powers of ten]]
==Logarithms==
A logarithm is the [[Inverse function]] of a power of ten:
If <B><math>10^X = Y then log(Y) = X</math></B>
For example: <B><math>10^3 = 1000 => log(1000) = 3</math></B>
==Economics
The powers of ten are an important concept in mathematics an economics.