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Approximately how many times greater is 6 x 10^-5 than 5 x 10^-9

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Answer:First, let's solve the first equation. Multiply 10 with 6 first:

6*10=60

Then subtract 5:

60-5=55

Now let's solve the second one. Multiply 5 with 10:

5*10 = 50

Then subtract the 9:

50-9=41

55 and 41 rounded to the nearest tens place are 60 and 40...but I can approximate how many times bigger one number is from the other because they're both under 100. Unless this was meant to have exponents, in which case, follow these steps:

6^10=1,000,000

1,000,000-5 = 999,995

5^10=100,000

100,000-9=99,991

In the case of exponents, 999,995 is about 10 times greater than 99,991.

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