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3. Simplify the following expression:

(1.5 × 103(3) =

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Answer:

3,375,000,000

Explanation:

When a number is raised to a power, it means that the number is multiplied by itself that many times. So 1.5 x 10^3(3) means that we need to multiply 1.5 x 10^3 by itself three times.

1.5 x 10^3 means 1.5 multiplied by 1000 (or 1.5 with three zeros added to the end). So, we can rewrite the expression as:

(1.5 x 1000)^3

Simplifying the parentheses first, we get:

1500^3

To evaluate this, we multiply 1500 by itself three times:

1500 x 1500 x 1500 = 3,375,000,000

Therefore, 1.5 x 10^3(3) simplifies to 3,375,000,000.

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