SOLUTION: the mass of a grain of salt is about 10 to the power of negative 4. about how many grains of salt in a box containing 100 grams of salt?

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Question 419964: the mass of a grain of salt is about 10 to the power of negative 4. about how many grains of salt in a box containing 100 grams of salt?
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the mass of a grain of salt is about 10 to the power of negative 4.
about how many grains of salt in a box containing 100 grams of salt?
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100 = 10^2 gram
:
10%5E2%2F10%5E-4 = 10%5E%282%2B4%29 = 10^6 grains of salt (a million)