SOLUTION: I was asked to use a scientific calculator to evaluate the following: 5e^2/4e^3-3

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Question 611074: I was asked to use a scientific calculator to evaluate the following:
5e^2/4e^3-3
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I was asked to use a scientific calculator to evaluate the following:
5e^2/4e^3-3
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The way it is written could, the problem could be interpreted in the following two ways:
Using a scientific calculator:
(5e^2/4e^3)-3=(5/4e)-3≈.397852
or
(5e^2)/(4e^3-3)≈.477686
Answers to both problems can be obtained in a single step