How do you multiply $(3.3 × 10^4) *(3 × 10^18)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-04-10T14:28:31

Regroup your terms and use the rule for multiplying common based exponents: $b^pxxb^q = b^(p+q)$

Regrouping:
$(3.3 xx 10^4) * (3xx10^18)$
becomes
$(3.3xx3) * (10^4xx10^18)$

$= 9.9 xx 10^22$

How do you multiply (3.3 × 10^4) *(3 × 10^18)(3.3 × 10^4) *(3 × 10^18)?