Question

How do you simplify `(2.88times10^3)/(1.2times10^-5)`?

Answer 1

`2.4xx10^8`

Explanation:

We can 'split' the numerator/denominator into the product of separate parts as follows.

`rArr(2.88xx10^3)/(1.2xx10^-5)`

`=(2.88)/(1.2)xx10^3/10^-5`

`color(orange)"Reminder " color(red)(bar(ul(|color(white)(2/2)color(black)(a^m/a^n=a^(m-n))color(white)(2/2)|)))`

`=2.4xx10^((3-(-5)))=2.4xx10^8`