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Tried a few ways on this that didn’t seem to give me the correct answer

Tried a few ways on this that didn’t seem to give me the correct answer-example-1
User Joe Tynan
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First, let's do the operation of the coefficient:

3.14/2.65 = 1.18490566

As the values have 3 significant figures, the result must also have 3 significant figures. So it will be 1.19. Now let's calculate 10^-2/10^-7

We must subtract -2 by -7. So: -2 - (-7) = +5

The answer is:

1.19 x 10^5

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