document.write( "Question 553935: This needs to be answered in scientific notation and I just don't understand it. The mass of mars is 6.421x10^(20) metric tons.The mass of the sun is 1.998x10^(27) metric tons. about how many times the mass of marsis the mass of the sun? Round to the nearest tenth.
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This needs to be answered in scientific notation and I just don't understand it. The mass of mars is 6.421x10^(20) metric tons.The mass of the sun is 1.998x10^(27) metric tons. about how many times the mass of marsis the mass of the sun? Round to the nearest tenth.
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\n" ); document.write( "Write it as a proportion
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%281.998%2810%5E27%29%29%2F%286.421%2810%5E20%29%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Divide the numerical portion as you do normally, when you divide powers of 10, subtract the exponent of the dividing value, write it in scientific notation
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%28.33111%2810%5E%2827-20%29%29%29\"$ = $\"%28.33111%2A10%5E7%29\"$ = the sun is $\"%283.3%2A10%5E6%29\"$ times the mass of mars
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