+0

three times ten to the power of negative 2

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1197
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+3077
help what is 3x10to the power of negative 2

#3
+13
0.03
Guest Jan 26, 2012
#1
+3077
+12
3*10^-2 = 3*1/10^2 = 3/100 0.03
#2
+7
0.0011111111111111111111111111111111
Guest Jan 26, 2012
#3
+13
Guest Jan 26, 2012
#4
+32
+3
The answer in decimal format is 1/900. Look at the question "i fun fact". Tell everyone else to look at "i fun fact" as well.
Mathi  May 17, 2012
#5
+3
I agree with the first answer: 0.03. The problem statement is ambiguous. It's either:

(three times 10) to the negative 2 power

or

three times (10 to the negative 2 power)

In the absence of parentheses, the default order of operations is exponentiation first, followed by multiplication, so 10 is raised to the -2 power, and then multiplied by 3.
Guest May 18, 2012
#6
+3

$${\mathtt{3}}{\mathtt{\,\times\,}}{{\mathtt{10}}}^{-{\mathtt{2}}} = {\mathtt{0.03}}$$

Guest Apr 13, 2014
#7
0

It is 0.03.

Guest Feb 4, 2015
#8
+1000
+5

lol even the great admin needs help X3

Trincent  Mar 20, 2015
#10
+1824
+10

#11
+52
0

3*10-2

3*.01

.03

FirstlLast19981998  Feb 25, 2017