To solve this problem, we first need to divide 5.846 × 10^7 by 7.9 × 10^2. Do the division as you would with normal numbers:
5.846 × 10^7 ÷ 7.9 × 10^2
This gives us a quotient rounded up to 74000.
The goal is to express this number in scientific notation. To do so, we need a number between 1 and 10 multiplied by a power of 10.
Here, we can rewrite 74000 as 7.400000 × 10^4. This is how we express 74000 in scientific notation.
Hence, the quotient of 5.846 × 10^7 and 7.9 × 10^2 expressed in scientific notation is 7.4 × 10^4.