How do you simplify $(3times10^-4)+(3times10^7)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-28T12:57:12

$(3×10^(−4))+(3×10^7)$

$=> (0.0003) + (30,000,000)$

We can see that, $(0.0003) < (30,000,000)$ ,
So when such a small number is added to such a huge one, we assume the smaller one to be 0.

$:. (3×10^(−4))+(3×10^7) = color(red)((3×10^7)$

How do you simplify (3times10^-4)+(3times10^7) (3times10^-4)+(3times10^7)?