Understand Operation: Understand the operation to be performed.We need to multiply 31.77 by 10 raised to the power of 2. Multiplying by 10 to the power of 2 is equivalent to shifting the decimal point two places to the right.
Perform Multiplication: Perform the multiplication.To multiply 31.77 by 102, we move the decimal point two places to the right.31.77 becomes 3177.
Write Final Answer: Write the final answer.After moving the decimal point two places to the right, we get the final answer.Final answer: 3177
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