document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=84597>Question 84597</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Write the answer in scientific notation.  (2.4 x 10^-5)(4 x 10^-4) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "(2.4 x 10^-5)(4 x 10^-4)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "For this multiplication you find the product of 2.4 times 4.  It is 9.6.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Next you find the product of 10^-5 times 10^-4. This is done by adding the exponents<BR>\n" );
document.write( "to get the product of 10^(-5-4) = 10^-9<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So in scientific notation form the product for the given two factors is:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "9.6 x 10^-9<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This is the answer to the problem. Note that in scientific notation the product of the two<BR>\n" );
document.write( "numbers should be such that there is only 1 integer to the left of the decimal place.  <BR>\n" );
document.write( "To get this you might have to add or subtract from the exponent of ten.  In this problem you <BR>\n" );
document.write( "did not have to worry about that because 9.6 has only one integer to the left of the decimal <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Suppose, for example, the answer had been 103.2 x 10^7. You can convert this to scientific <BR>\n" );
document.write( "notation by putting a decimal point between the 1 and the zero (moving the decimal point<BR>\n" );
document.write( "to the left two places), and adding 2 to the exponent of 10. This would make the answer <BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.032 x 10^9.  <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "As another example, suppose the answer had been 0.00343 x 10^5. Convert it by moving the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "decimal point 3 places to the right and subtracting 3 from the exponent of 10. This makes<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the answer in scientific notation 3.43 x 10^2.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hope this helps you to understand scientific notation a little better.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hope this  </SPAN>\n" );
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