Question

How do you simplify `10^4 / 10^-2`?

Answer 1

You should get `10^6`

Explanation:

Remember that:
`1/x^-a=x^a`
and:
`x^a*x^b=x^(a+b)`
I your case:
`10^4/10^-2=10^4*10^2=10^(4+2)=10^6`