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OpenStudy (anonymous):

HELP!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Orders of Magnitude. It confuses me so much, I don't need the definition, I need step-by-step instruction.

OpenStudy (steve816):

10^x

OpenStudy (steve816):

That is order of magnitude. Anything that is 10 to the x power.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Seriously?! Give an example please.

OpenStudy (steve816):

10^5 = 100,000 There you go, order of magnitude.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Your joking right? There's nothing else to it? It seems way too simple. If numbers differ by 1 order of magnitude, x is about ten times different in quantity than y. If values differ by 2 orders of magnitude, they differ by a factor of about 100. Two numbers of the same order of magnitude have roughly the same scale: the larger value is less than ten times the smaller value.

OpenStudy (steve816):

Yes, it is that simple.

OpenStudy (sohailiftikhar):

order is a pattern in which we take the higher numbers into power of ten . that power call order

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Wow.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Thank you guys so much! I was stressing about this because of the definition!

OpenStudy (sohailiftikhar):

see example here we have two values 10^2 and 10^4 so we can say that the second value is greater than the first value by oder of two

OpenStudy (steve816):

Yes, the definition is more complicated than it is! So remember, keep things simple and enjoy life :)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

10^2 and 10^4 thats a good example

OpenStudy (sohailiftikhar):

:)

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