If you want to subtract them in scientific notation, first you need to make both exponents equal. One of them is raised to 5 and the other is raised to 4.

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To make the first one raised to four, all you need to do is move the decimal to the right. The new notation will then be:

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Now all you need to do is line up the decimals like you would normally and then subtract. Also copy the


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Then we to make it in standard form, just move the decimal to the left and add 1 to the exponent.

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