document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=121825>Question 121825</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0821516787/algebrahomeworkh>New Progress in Mathematics</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Pg 148 scientific notation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Problem reads... A laser light printer prints one character in 2.5X10 to the negative 5 seconds.  A certain document takes 10 minutes to print. How many characters are contained in the document. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "10 mins = 600 seconds<BR>\n" );
document.write( "# of chars = 600/2.5E-5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 240E5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 2.4E7 (or 2.4*10^7) characters<BR>\n" );
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