How do you calculate $(4.7times10^-3) div (9.4times10^3)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-07-15T08:07:00

$5.0 xx 10^-7$

$(4.7 xx 10^-3) div (9.4xx10^3)$ may be written as:

$4.7/9.4 xx 10^(-3) xx 10^-3$

Remember that: $a^n * a^m = a^(n+m)$

Hence our example $= 4.7/9.4 xx 10^(-3 -3) = 0.5 xx 10^-6$

This can be exprexed as; $5.0 xx 10^-1 xx 10^-6$

Therefore our result is: $5.0 xx 10^-7$

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