165k views
3 votes
What is 779,000,000 subtracted by 108,000,000in scientific notation

User Sargeant
by
8.4k points

1 Answer

4 votes

779 x 10⁶ - 108 x 10⁶.

A number can be converted to scientific notation by increasing the power of 10 in one for each place that the decimal point runs to the left.

To convert the numbers 779,000,000 and 108,000,000 in scientific notation:

We have to move the decimal point to the left and and count the number of zeros and place it as the power of 10.

779,000,000 = 779 x 10⁶

108,000,000 = 108 x 10⁶

User Ssekhar
by
7.6k points