How do you simplify (2.135times10^5)/(3.5times10^12)?
2 Answers
Explanation:
One way to go about this is to write the whole thing out, answer it, then simplify it:
2.135 xx 10^5 = 213500
3.5 xx 10^12 = 3500000000000
then you are able to do the calculation (use a calculator).The calculator gives the answer of
0.000000061 = 6.1 xx 10^(-8)
Hopefully this was helpful...
This is a sort of cheat method to make the numbers easier to deal with.
Explanation:
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So we now have:
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Using long division
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So
Which is the same as: