document.write( "Question 175573This question is from textbook BARRONS ALGEBRA THE EASY WAY
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\n" ); document.write( "8X10 (-9 exponent)
\n" ); document.write( " IS EQUAL TO 2X10 (-12 exponent) and is also EQUAL TO 0.000000000002
\n" ); document.write( "4X10 (3 exponent)\r
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\n" ); document.write( "I THOUGHT THAT DURING DIVISION I NEEDED TO SUBTRACT THE EXPONENT, IN THE EXAMPLE IT HAS ADDED IT, WHY? AND HOW DO I KNOW WHERE TO PUT THE DECIMAL POINT, AND WHERE THE DECIMAL POINT COME FROM? \n" ); document.write( "

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8X10 (-9 exponent)
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\n" ); document.write( "Comment: Where do you get these numbers. What you post
\n" ); document.write( "as being equal are not equal.
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\n" ); document.write( "8x10^-9 = 0.000000008
\n" ); document.write( "2x10^-12 = 0.000000000002
\n" ); document.write( "4x10^3 = 4000
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