How do you simplify $(6.3times10^15)/(2.1times10^11)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-08-01T04:04:23

$(6.3xx10^15)/(2.1xx10^11)=3xx10^4$

$(6.3xx10^15)/(2.1xx10^11)$

= $6.3/2.1xx10^15/10^11$

Now as $6.3$ is divisible by $2.1$ , dividing we get

$(3cancel(6.3))/(1cancel(2.1))xx10^(15-11)$

= $3xx10^4$

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