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Explain how to apply the laws of exponents when multiplying and dividing numbers written in scientific notation.

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A number of scientific form would be 3.3 * 10^4

I we multiply this by 2 * 10^5 we add the exponents in the normal way

3.3 * 10^4 * 2 * 10^5 = 6.6 * 10(5+4) = 6.6 * 10^9

Division 6.6 * 10^9 / 3.3 * 10^4 = 2 * 10(9-4) = 2 * 10^5
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