One positive number is one-fifth of another number. The difference between the two numbers is 260, find the numbers.
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A culture of 8 × 10^9 bacteria is in Petri dish B
Number of times number of bacteria in Petri dish A is greater than that number in Petri dish B:
Divide 2.4 by 8 to give 0.3
Divide 10^11 by 10^9 to give 10^(11-9) = 10^2
The answer is 0.3 × 10²