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Which is the closest to (4*10^5) +(3*10^3)?A. 7.0*10^8B. 7.0*10^5C. 4.0*10^8D. 4.0*10^5

Which is the closest to (4*10^5) +(3*10^3)?A. 7.0*10^8B. 7.0*10^5C. 4.0*10^8D. 4.0*10^5-example-1
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4*10^5+3*10^3

The given expression is as shown above.


\begin{gathered} 4*10^5+3*10^3 \\ =4*10^5+0.03*10^5 \end{gathered}

Using the distributive property, it follows that the expression becomes:


\begin{gathered} =(4+0.03)*10^5 \\ =4.03*10^5 \end{gathered}

Therefore, the value of the expression is approximately 4.0 × 10⁵

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