SOLUTION: Hello, I have been trying to figure out this question and I just don't really understand how I can slove it andwrite it in scientic form.
Question is (4.4 * 10 ^-19) ( 7.7 * 10 ^
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Question is (4.4 * 10 ^-19) ( 7.7 * 10 ^
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Question 485802: Hello, I have been trying to figure out this question and I just don't really understand how I can slove it andwrite it in scientic form.
Question is (4.4 * 10 ^-19) ( 7.7 * 10 ^-1) Answer by Edwin McCravy(20054) (Show Source):
Scientific notation has the form:
(4.4×10-19)(7.7×10-1)
Multiply the 4.4 by the 7.7 getting 33.88
Add the exponents of 10, (-19)+(-1) getting -20
That gives
33.88×10-20
but that is not in scientific notation because
33.88 is not between 1 and 10. So we write it
in scientific notation as 3.388×101 and substitute
that for 33.88:
(3.388×101)×10-20
3.388×101×10-20
finally add the exponents of 10, (1)+(-20) getting -19
3.388×10-19
Edwin