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When i muiltplyied 3.675 x 10 i got 36.75. my question is why did the decimal move? and how.

User Yovana
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Answer:

It moved because of this:

Explanation:

the number 10 has one 0 in it.

you move the decimal place over how many times depending on how many 0s there are, so because there is one 0 in 10, you move it over once.

hope this helped!

User Jimmy C
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