SOLUTION: ok so im doing scientific notation and the problem is (4.0*10^3)^4iwent 3*4 which gave me 12 then i did 4.0*10 and got 40 so would my answer be (40)^12

SOLUTION: ok so im doing scientific notation and the problem is (4.010^3)^4iwent 34 which gave me 12 then i did 4.0*10 and got 40 so would my answer be (40)^12

Question 387235: ok so im doing scientific notation and the problem is (4.0*10^3)^4iwent 3*4 which gave me 12 then i did 4.0*10 and got 40 so would my answer be (40)^12
Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, jim_thompson5910:
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

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Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The first thing you did was correct, however, you cannot multiply 4 and 10. Why? Because it's not really 10. It's actually

What you need to do is raise 4 to the 4th power to get . This is using the idea that

So . Now convert 256 into to get

So in the end,
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