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Help with the equation

Hi friends In college, I recently got the following equation that I need to solve.

Compute 4.569 * 10 (4) - 2.14 * 10(4)

Round the answer appropriately.
Express your answer as an integer using the proper number of significant figures.

I will be very grateful for your help.

Reply 1

_gcx

Study Forum Helper

is this

10^4

?

You should factor out

10^4

to rewrite this as

(4.569 - 2.14) \times 10^4

first. (well, here it's easy enough to do the multiplication first, but this way is easier to generalise)

Reply 2

Octavio Peterson

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