Well think about it. If you divide by something less than 1, your number gets bigger.

Same thing when it's negative, except now the answer is negative. So, if x gets really close to 0, it will be very big, or a big negative number. Remember, "getting close to 0" could mean from the negative side just as well from the positive.
The answer is 20.5 try it good luck
Answer:
Read below.
Step-by-step explanation:
Wrong:
(2.5 x 10^9) + (5.3 x 10^8) =
(2.5 + 5.3) x (10^9 x 10^8)
=
7.8 x 10^7=
7.8 x 10,000,000=
780,000,000
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Correct:
(2.5 x 10^9) + (5.3 x 10^8)=
(2.5 x 1,000,000,000)+(5.3 x 100,000,000)=
2,500,000,000+5,300,000,000=
7,800,000,000
The problem is that whoever wrote it swapped the numbers in the parentheses, added a pair of them together and multiplied the other pair. You are not supposed to take out the pairs and swap them if you'd like or the answer is incorrect. Second mistake is that
is not
I do not know how and where you got that answer from.
Answer:
$1,320
Step-by-step explanation:
First you divide $2.640 with 2 and tah da