Answer: 2.3 × 10^5 is approximately 16,700 times greater than 1.38 × 10^1.
Explanation:
The number 2.3 × 10^5 is 3,000 times greater than 2.3 × 10^2 and is (what) times greater than 1.38 × 10^1.
To find out how many times greater 2.3 × 10^5 is compared to 1.38 × 10^1, we can divide 2.3 × 10^5 by 1.38 × 10^1.
Dividing 2.3 by 1.38 gives us approximately 1.67. To divide the exponents, we subtract the exponent of 10 in the denominator from the exponent in the numerator: 5 - 1 = 4.
So, 2.3 × 10^5 divided by 1.38 × 10^1 is approximately 1.67 × 10^4.
Therefore, 2.3 × 10^5 is approximately 16,700 times greater than 1.38 × 10^1.