How do you add $(5.7410^14) + (3.5310^9)$ ?

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How do you add $(5.7410^14) + (3.5310^9)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-03-28T20:31:05

Well, the first number is very big so it is going to "dominate" your second in the sum:
I factored $10^9$ to "see" this phenomenon:
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