Divide the quantity of nine point two times ten to the twenty eighth power divided by the quantity four point six times ten to the ninth power. Express the answer in scientific notation.

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tyteen4a03 · Answer

The expression you're looking for is (9.2e20) / (4.6e9). Just throw it into a calculator...

anonymous · Answer

i tried but i got lost

anonymous · Answer

can you walk me through it or something

phi · Answer

figure out 9.2/4.6  (does not look too hard)
subtract exponents to figure out 10^20 / 10^9  (also not hard)
then "normalize" by making the number in front between 1 and 10