Question

how do i simplify (8*10^7) (7*10^4)

Answer 1

combine like terms

Answer 2

8 , 7
and
10^7 , 10^4 are your like terms

What do you think you should do with them ?

Answer 3

Everything is multiplied together in your question, so the order doesn't matter.\[a\times b\times c=c\times b\times a\]so
\[(8\times 10^7)(7\times 10^4)=8\times 10^7\times 7\times 10^4\]@Shay17 was saying\[8\times 7\times 10^7\times 10^4\]

Answer 4

Yes @doc.brown

Answer 5

when you multiply numbers with the same base add the powers so you can simplify some more