Answer:
30500 = 3.05·10^4
Step-by-step explanation:
Your calculator can do this for you. You may need to set the display to scientific notation, if that's the form of the answer you want.
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This can be computed by converting both numbers to standard form:
(5·10^2) +(3·10^4)
= 500 +30000 = 30500 = 3.05·10^4
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Addition of numbers in scientific notation in general requires that they have the same power of 10. It may be convenient to convert both numbers to the highest power of 10.
5·10^2 + 3·10^4
= 0.05·10^4 +3·10^4 . . . . now both have multipliers of 10^4
= (0.05 +3)·10^4
= 3.05·10^4
I'd suggest you sketch this situation. If you did, you'd likely see right away that the shortest distance back to the starting point would be the hypotenuse of the right triangle whose legs are of lengths 5 miles and 12 miles.
Apply the Pythagorean Theorem to solve this.
The answer i got was -3te with -t as an exponent
2y=1/2x+10
divide by two
y=1/4x+5