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Paxton did the following multiplication problem. Where should he put the decimal point in his product? 9.18 % 73 2754 64260 67014 6.701.4 67.014 6.7014 670.14

Paxton did the following multiplication problem. Where should he put the decimal point-example-1
User Ammar Hasan
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We have the multiplication of 9.18 * 7.3 and want to know where the decimal point has to be.

In the multiplication we have to sum the decimal position of the numbers and taht is the position of the decimal point of the result.

In this case, the decimal point of 9.18 is 2 places and for 7.3 is one place, so the final result will have 2+1=3 places. The decimal point has to be 3 places.

The number is 67014 and the decimal point is three places from rigth, 67.014

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