Question

How do you determine the value of the unknown exponent in the equation 9700 divided by 10? = 0.97?

Answer 1

We need to find the exponent of 10 of the equation :

`(9700)/(10^x)=0.97`

so,

`\begin{gathered} 9700=0.97\cdot10^x \\ \\ 10^x=(9700)/(0.97)=10000=10^4 \\ \\ 10^x=10^4 \end{gathered}`

so, x = 4

so, the value of the unknown exponent = 4