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Perform the following operationand express the answer inscientific notation.1.26x 104 + 2.50x104[? ]x10EnterYea

Perform the following operationand express the answer inscientific notation.1.26x-example-1
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Scientific notation is a way that makes it possible to express too large or too small numbers, being written in the decimal form, and all the extra numbers will be reduced to a number between 1 and 9.9 multiplied by 10 raised to some power

In the case of the question we have the addition of two numbers in scientifc notation

Instead of being 12600 + 25000, it is 1.26*10^4 + 2.50*10^4, which is equal to

37600 or in scientific notation = 3.76*10^4

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