document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1050190>Question 1050190</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Here's the problem:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The thickness of the wing of an adult pixie is 4.5 x 10^-2. The wing of a newborn pixie is 1.5 x 10^-5 inches thick. How many times thicker is the  is the adults wing than the newborns?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "How much larger than the adults?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Is the thickness solution this?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4.5 x 10^-2 / 1.5 x 10^-5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4.5/1.5 x 1/10 ^-7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3 x 10^-7\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "how do I find how much larger is the adults? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The thickness of the wing of an adult pixie is 4.5 x 10^-2. The wing of a newborn pixie is 1.5 x 10^-5 inches thick. How many times thicker is the  is the adults wing than the newborns?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "How much larger than the adults?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Is the thickness solution this?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4.5 x 10^-2 / 1.5 x 10^-5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4.5/1.5 x 1/10 ^-7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3 x 10^-7\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "how do I find how much larger is the adults?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Or, you can do it like this:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4.5 x 10^-2 / 1.5 x 10^-5 = 0.045/0.000015 = 3000 times AS LARGE<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 2999 times larger.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I would do the the way the other tutor did, tho.  <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Especially if the exponents are greater, eg, 6.28*10^23, or 3*10^8.\r<BR>\n" );
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