color(brown)("Breaking this down into a lot of detail so that you can see what is") color(brown)("happening.")
6.1 is the same as 61/10 -> 61xx1/10
2.4 is the same as 24/10->24xx1/10
So (6.1xx10^5)(2.4xx10^4) =6.1xx10^5xx2.4xx10^4
=61xx10^5/10xx24xx10^4/10
=61xx24xx10^5/10xx10^4/10
=61xx24xx10^4xx10^3
=61xx24xx10^7
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color(white)(14)24
ul(color(white)(14)61) larr" multiply"
1440
ul(color(white)(14)24)larr" add"
1464
So we now have:
1464xx10^7
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1467xx10^7
146.7xx10^8
14.67xx10^9
1.467xx10^10larr" this is the same format as in the question "
1.467xx10^10 larr" Scientific notation"
