Understand Operation: Understand the operation to be performed.We need to divide 17.21 by 10 raised to the power of 3 (103).Division by a power of 10 involves moving the decimal point to the left.
Calculate Power of 10: Calculate 10 to the power of 3. 103 means 10 multiplied by itself 3 times, which is 10×10×10=1000.
Divide by 1000: Divide 17.21 by 1000.To divide by 1000, move the decimal point three places to the left.17.21 becomes 0.01721.