Question

Do you subtract the exponents when dividing numbers that include scientific notation?

Answer 1

Yes.

General rule for dividing two numbers with the same base but different exponents:
`a^p/a^q = a^(p-q)`

Scientific notation is a simple case of this:
`(g xx 10^p)/(hxx10^q) = g/h xx 10^(p-q)`

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