How do you subtract #(5.337\times 10^ { 6} ) - ( 1.8\times 10^ { 4} )#?

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smendyka
May 13, 2017

See a solution process below:

Explanation:

First, we can rewrite the term on the left as:

#(533.7 xx 10^4) - (1.8 xx 10^4)#

We can next factor out the common term of #10^4#:

#(533.7 - 1.8)10^4 => 531.9 xx 10^4#

We can now rewrite this in scientific notation as:

#5.319 xx 10^6#

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