Question

Help with multiplying scientific notation?

Answer 1

scientific notation has terms written in exponential form. you can use the exponential rules

Answer 2

Okay, so would it be 10^1?

Answer 3

in this case we multiply 10^-3 with 10^4
and adding -3 and 4 gives 1

@catsarecool1995 yes, exactly

Answer 4

just multiply the other terms, and append them to 10^1 :)

Answer 5

Alright : ) So would it be 1.68*10^1?

Answer 6

umh, 2.1 x 8.0 gets 16.8 on its own. so if we want it to be 1.68, like we want in scientific notation, we must move one ten over to the 10^1 term

Answer 7

Okay!

Answer 8

we have either 16.8 x 10^1 (not normalized -> not good!)
or we have 1.68 x 10^2, same value :)

Answer 9

Thank you for the help : )

Answer 10

no problem ; )