How do you simplify #\frac { 8.2\times 10^ { - 5} } { - 2\times 10^ { - 9} }#?
1 Answer
Mar 4, 2018
See a solution process below:
Explanation:
First, rewrite this expression as:
We can now use this rule for exponents to simplify the 10s terms:
If we want to write this in standard form we need to move the decimal point 4 places to the right because the exponent of the 10s term is positive: