SOLUTION: i seem to have forgotten everything i knew about calculations with numbers expressed as powers of 10. ie: the difference between 6.022x10 to the power of 23 and 6.24 times 10 to

Question 160064: i seem to have forgotten everything i knew about calculations with numbers expressed as powers of 10. ie: the difference between 6.022x10 to the power of 23 and 6.24 times 10 to the power of 25. help bob 74 yrs old 8 yrs of college curses
Answer by scott8148(6628) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
6.24x10^25 is the same as 624x10^23

with the orders of magnitude (exponents of 10) the same, you can just add or subtract

(624-6)x10^23
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