Question

6 x 10^-2 is how many times a large as 2 x 10^-8?

Answer 1

6 x 10^-2= 0.06
2 x 10^-8= 0.00000002

Answer 2

the number
`6\,\,\,10^(-2)` is three million times larger than
`2\,\,\,10^(-8)`

Explanation:

To answer this, just do the quotient of the first one over the second one, and use the rules for quotient of exponential expressions of the same base:

`(6\,\,\,10^(-2))/(2\,\,\,10^(-8)) =(6)/(2) \,(10^(-2))/(10^(-8)) =3\,\,\,10^(-2+8)=3\,\,\,10^6=3000000`

So the answer is: the number
`6\,\,\,10^(-2)` is three million times larger than
`2\,\,\,10^(-8)`