Answer:
Plant C is <u>0.64</u> times as tall as Plant B
Plant C is <u>2.4 inches</u> shorter than Plant B
Step-by-step explanation:
Plant B is 6 2/3 inches tall. Plant B is 20/3 inches tall.
Plant C 4 4/15 inches tall. Plant C is 64/15 inches tall.
a.) Plant C is shorter than Plant B
= 0.64 times.
b.) Plant C is shorter than Plant B by =
inches

First, you need to find where you can move the decimal point to so that there is only one non-zero digit to the left of it.
Move the decimal point, and that is the first part done.
Add "
".
For the last part - the power, you need to find how many decimal places you moved the decimal point. In this case, we moved it to the right 2 places, so the power is
.
If, for example, we had moved the decimal point three places to the left, the power would be
.

- Factor the indicated expression:

- Simplified the index, the root and also the exponent using the number 2.

<h3><em><u>MissSpanish</u></em> </h3>