document.write( "Question 572531: convert to decimal notion.
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document.write( "                    8.31×107 =\r\n" );
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document.write( "   8.31×10×10×10×10×10×10×10 =\r\n" );
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document.write( "      83.1×10×10×10×10×10×10 =\r\n" );
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document.write( "          831.×10×10×10×10×10 =\r\n" );
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document.write( "            8310.×10×10×10×10 =\r\n" );
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document.write( "              83100.×10×10×10 =\r\n" );
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document.write( "                831000.×10×10 =\r\n" );
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document.write( "                  8310000.×10 =\r\n" );
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document.write( "                    83100000. =\r\n" );
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document.write( "                    83100000\r\n" );
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document.write( "one step instead of nine.  Examine what happens up there every \r\n" );
document.write( "time we multiplied by 10. What happened to the decimal?  How many \r\n" );
document.write( "places did it move?  If you can't figure out the shortcut right\r\n" );
document.write( "away, then do it the above way.  Sooner or later you will figure \r\n" );
document.write( "out the decimal-moving way to do it all in one step.\r\n" );
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