How do you simplify $(9.3 times 10^6) - (3.6 times 10^6)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-01-19T21:43:16

$5.7*10^6$

By the distributive property of addition in respect to multiplication:

$ab-cb=(a-c)*b$

so $(9.3*10^6)-(3.6*10^6)=(9.3-3.6)*10^6=5.7*10^6$

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