Question 1208239
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A sugar ant is approximately 2 × 10^−3 meters long. If you put 10 million sugar
ants in a line, what is the distance from end to end?
 200 meters
 2,000 meters
 20,000 meters
 200,000 meters

<font size = 4><font color = blue><b> 2 x 10<font color = red><b><sup>- 3</font></font></b></sup> <font size = 4><font color = blue><b> x 10,000,000</font></b>
<font size = 4><font color = blue><b> 2 x 10</font></font><font color = red><sup>- 3</font></font></sup><font size = 4><font color = blue>  x 10<font color = red><sup>7</font></font></b> --- Converting 10,000,000 to EXPONENT with base 10
<font size = 4><font color = blue><b> 2 x 10<font color = red><b><sup>(- 3 + 7)</font></font></b></sup> ----- Adding EXPONENTS, when multiplying same base
<font size = 4><font color = blue><b> 2 x 10<font color = red><b><sup>4</font></font></sup> = <font size = 4><font color = blue>2 x 10,000 = <font color = green>20,000 meters</font></font></b></pre>