Q. What is the quotient of 3.515×108 and 4.75×105 expressed in scientific notation?Answer: □×10□
Understand the problem: Understand the problem.We need to divide two numbers given in scientific notation.3.515×108÷4.75×105We will divide the coefficients (the numbers before the \times 10^ part) and subtract the exponents of 10.
Divide the coefficients: Divide the coefficients.Divide 3.515 by 4.75.3.515÷4.75≈0.74 (rounded to two decimal places for simplicity)
Subtract the exponents: Subtract the exponents.Subtract the exponent of the divisor (5) from the exponent of the dividend (8).8−5=3
Combine the results: Combine the results of Step 2 and Step 3 to express the quotient in scientific notation. 0.74×103 However, scientific notation requires the coefficient to be between 1 and 10. Since 0.74 is not within this range, we need to adjust the coefficient and exponent.
Adjust the coefficient: Adjust the coefficient to be between 1 and 10. To adjust 0.74, we can multiply it by 10 to make it 7.4, and decrease the exponent by 1 to keep the value the same. 7.4×103−17.4×102
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