How do you write and simplify $(6.12433 * 10^6)/(7.15 * 10^-3)$ in scientific notation?

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Answer 1 · 2017-02-27T23:10:38

$0.856550 xx 10^3$

Or

$8.56550 xx 10^2$

First, rewrite the expression as:

$(6.12433/7.15)(10^6/10^-3)$

Next, divide the term on the left:

$0.856550 xx (10^6/10^-3)$ rounded.

Now, use this rule for exponents to simplify the 10s terms:

$x^color(red)(a)/x^color(blue)(b) = x^(color(red)(a)-color(blue)(b))$

$0.856550 xx 10^color(red)(6)/10^color(blue)(-3) = 0.856550 xx 10^(color(red)(6)+color(blue)(-3)) = 0.856550 xx 10^3$

Or

$8.56550 xx 10^2$

How do you write and simplify (6.12433 * 10^6)/(7.15 * 10^-3)(6.12433 * 10^6)/(7.15 * 10^-3) in scientific notation?