SOLUTION: Use scientific notation to divide the following two numbers. Express the answer using scientific notation; retain at least three decimal places (7.44 � 10^5) / (1.66 � 10^3)

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Question 602422: Use scientific notation to divide the following two numbers. Express the answer using scientific notation; retain at least three decimal places
(7.44 � 10^5) / (1.66 � 10^3)
Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, jim_thompson5910:
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source):
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Use scientific notation to divide the following two numbers. Express the answer using scientific notation; retain at least three decimal places
(7.44 � 10^5) / (1.66 � 10^3)
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= 7.44/1.66 * 10^8
= 4.482*10^8

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source):
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The previous poster has the correct base, but the exponent is incorrect. He added when he should have subtracted the exponents.

The correct answer is

$\frac{7.44 \times 10^{5}}{1.66 \times 10^{3}} = \color{red}4.482 \times 10^{2}$