Question

Jiangsu divided 751.6 by 10 by the power of 2 and got a quotient of 0.7516. yesseinafhinks that the quotient should be7.516. Who is correct?

Answer 1

yesseinafhinks

Explanation:

Dividing by 10² is also the same thing as multiplying by 10^-2. In that case, we simply move the decimal places only 2 places back. That would give us 7.516, not 0.7516 (which is 3 times, not 2).