If you move the decimal point left until it is just to the right of the most-significant digit, the number of places you moved it is the power of ten that your new number is multiplied by.

$400,000=4\times 10^{5}\\200=2\times 10^{2}$

Then multiplication can proceed in the usual way, taking into account the rules of exponents.

$4\cdot 10^{5}\times 2\cdot 10^{2}=8\cdot 10^{(5+2)}\\\\=8\cdot 10^{7}$

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Which expression could be used to determine the reduction of -4 and 3 1/4

Setler79 [48]

Answer:

The expression that could be used is (-4)(3) + (-4)( $\frac{1}{4}$ ) ⇒ B

Step-by-step explanation:

Let us revise the distributive property:

<em>The product of a number and the sum of 2 other numbers equal to the sum of the products of the number with the other 2 numbers</em>

a(b + c) = ab + ac

We will use this rule to solve the question

∵ The product of -4 and 3 $\frac{1}{4}$ = -4 × 3 $\frac{1}{4}$

→ We can right 3 $\frac{1}{4}$ as (3 + $\frac{1}{4}$ )

∵ 3 $\frac{1}{4}$ = (3 + $\frac{1}{4}$ )

∴ -4 × 3 $\frac{1}{4}$ = -4(3 + $\frac{1}{4}$ )

→ By using the rule above

∵ -4(3 + $\frac{1}{4}$ ) = (-4)(3) + (-4)( $\frac{1}{4}$ )

∴ -4 × 3 $\frac{1}{4}$ = (-4)(3) + (-4)( $\frac{1}{4}$ )

∴ The expression that could be used is (-4)(3) + (-4)( $\frac{1}{4}$ )

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