explain please?

Question

what is 10 to the 2nd power,3rd power,and so on ,and on. i mean when is this math used

thank you all for your help so would it be correct to say that using 10^(10 to the 2nd,3rd and so on power) is the math thats used to concoct our bogus bills of 47,38,52,83,000 gls used in 6 mth.the last 3 days i monitored my use 1other lives here.used 48 sun,mon,40,tues,54 gals.thats. so i did this; 50 gals a day x's 30days a month=1,500 gals.1,500 gals.x's 6 = 9,000 gal.(we get billed every 6 months) 9,000 gals. x's $1.25=$11.25.so please somebody explain to me how if "50" gals or less is used, where do all them thousands come from? what type of ARITHMETRIC,as opposed to ARITHMETIC are they using?people check your bills unless water plays a major part of buisness theres no way all that used

Answer 1

This is used when you are dealing with real large numbers. If its to the negative power that is when you are dealing with real small numbers.

Answer 2

10 to the second power, also called 10 squared or 10^2, is equal to 10*10 = 100. 10 to the third power = 10 cubed = 10^3 = 10*10*10 = 1000. If you have a square with each side 10 units long, the area is 10^2 units. A cube with sides length 10 has volume 10^3 units. exponents are also used in scientific notation, usually by engineers of when trying to express a very large or very small number simply. For example, 170000000 in scientific notation is 1.7 x 10^8, and .000044 is 4.4 x 10^-5

Answer 3

100, 1000