Question

i need some decimal help
how did they get 23.21 billion ?

( 320.7 million ) ( 72.36 ) which i got 23205.852

Answer 1

You did

\[320.7 \times 72.36 \] ?

Answer 2

yes which the 320.7 was million

Answer 3

How did you write that out

Answer 4

i just multiplied it as (320.7) (72.36)

Answer 5

Okay, you got 23205.852 because you did not properly represent 320.7 million.

You can represent it with:\[320.7 \times 10^6\]

Answer 6

oh okay. which is 320,700,000

Answer 7

Then multiply it by 72.36

Answer 8

then i got 2.3205852E10
so then we move one decimal to right?

Answer 9

I got 23,205,852,000

Answer 10

oh hmmm how did they get the decimal

Answer 11

You move the decimal 10 times to the right.

Answer 12

oml lol

Answer 13

can you show me how you would move them

Answer 14

@Shadow com back

Answer 15

2.3205852000

Answer 16

oh okay but what happen to the decimal there?

Answer 17

What do you mean?

Answer 18

im confuse why the answer is in this decimal form 23.21

Answer 19

23.21 billion is the same as:

\[23.21 \times 10^9 = 23, 210, 000,000\]

Answer 20

It's just a different way of saying it.

Answer 21

ohh so its just the 2 numbers from the beginning

Answer 22

yeah