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Can you please help me understand this problem. 

 

3.5*10-6                =

5*10-8

 

                

 Oct 3, 2018
 #1
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Remember that  when we have 10 raised to a negative power....we can "throw" that 10 across the fraction bar and make the exponent positve....so...we can write this as

 

 

3.5 * 10^8                   3.5

_________   =           ___   *   10^(8 - 6)   =    0.7  * 10^2   =  70

5 * 10^6                       5

 

 

cool cool cool

 Oct 3, 2018
 #2
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I just needed it to stay in scientific notation. I'm sorry I forgot to tell you. Anyway thank you CPhill.

 Oct 3, 2018
 #3
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OK...in scientific notation we would just have  7 * 10^1

 

 

cool cool cool

CPhill  Oct 3, 2018
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thank you

ilovepuppies1880  Oct 3, 2018

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