Question

Show me how to solve this, please.

`(2.7 * 10^(-5)) / (9 * 10^(-6))`

Answer 1

3

Explanation:

2.7 * 10 ^-5 / 9 * 10 ^-6

First divide the numbers

2.7 / 9 = .3

Then divide the exponents

10^-5 / 10 ^ -6

When we divide exponents we subtract

10^(-5 - -6) = 10 ^1

.3 * 10 ^1

But scientific notation has a number between 1 and less than 10

Move the decimal 1 place to the left, so we subtract 1 from the exponent

3 * 10 ^ (1-1)

3 * 10 ^0