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tony calculator correctly shows 3.4 times 0.5 equals 1.7 explain why the number of the decimal places in the product is not the same as the number of decimal places in the two factors

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Answer:So the way to explain it is that when you times 3.4 by .5 you’re dividing it in half when you’re multiplying it because it is a lower number than one and the reason the disapproval please move is because it becomes a smaller number essentially

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