How do you divide #\frac { 7.34\times 10^ { - 2} } { 7\times 10^ { 1} }#?
2 Answers
One answer is
Explanation:
First we can rewrite the expression.
Next we can multiply by the the reciprocal of
*This is where the answer can be left as:
We can rewrite the decimal as,
Now we need to factor 7 out of the numerator we can do so by multiplying the right-hand fraction in the numerator by multiplying it by
Now we can factor,
Now we can simplify,
I will not attempt to make a decimal out of this number, I hope this simplified fraction satisfies your question.
Explanation:
Calculations with scientific notation can be compared with algebra.
For instance:
Simplify
In this case we have
Divide the numbers and subtract the indices of like bases: