Question

please help :) Which sentence is true? A. 9.46 times 10 to the 12 power > 4.0 times 10 to the 13 power B. 9.46 times 10 to the 12 power < 4.0 times 10 to the 13 power

Answer 1

B

Explanation:

The problem is simple because they use powers of 10. When something is multiplied by a power of ten, it is essentially moving the decimal point over for every power.

9.46x10^12= 9460000000000

4.0x10^13= 40000000000000

Although 4 itself is less than 9.46, since is is being multiplied by 10^13, it will be one decimal place bigger.