Question 1164880: While converting units of measure, Apollo and Frank multiplied 3.45 by 10,000. They disagreed on how many zeros were to the left of the decimal point in the answer. Which shows the correct number of zeros in the product?
Answer by Boreal(15235)   (Show Source):
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10^1=10
10^2+100
10^3=1000
10^4=10000
the product is 3.45 *10^4, or 3.4500*10^4, and the decimal is moved four places to the right.
or 34,500, the product.
This is almost 3 1/2 x*10 thousand. That would be 35 thousand.
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