How do you simplify #\frac { 7\times 10^ { - 3} } { 8.8\times 10^ { 2} }#?
2 Answers
See a solution process below:
Explanation:
First, we can rewrite the expression as:
Now, we can use this rule of exponents to simplify the 10s terms:
To write this is proper scientific notation we must move the decimal point 1 place to the right which means we must subtract 1 from the exponent of the 10s term:
If by simplify it means to write this in standard notation, we must move the decimal point 6 places to the left because the exponent of the 10s term is negative: