Question

In the following exercises, convert each number to decimal form.

(a) $1.6\times {10}^{10}$ (b)$8.43\times {10}^{-6}$

Short answer

Decimal form is

(a)16000000000

(b)0.00000843

Step-by-step solution

part (a) Step 1 Given information  

$1.6\times {10}^{10}$

part (a) Step 2 

$$\begin{gathered} 1.6\times {10}^{10}=1.6\times 10000000000 \\ =16000000000 \end{gathered}$$

part (b) Step 1 Given information  

$8.43\times {10}^{-6}$

part (b) Step 2 

$$\begin{gathered} 8.43\times {10}^{-6}=\frac{8.43}{1000000} \\ =0.00000843 \end{gathered}$$