Nick found the quotient of 8.64 and 1.25 × 105. His work is shown below. 1. (8.64 × 101) (1.25 × 105) 2. (8.64 1.25 ) (101 105 )
3. 6.912 × 10–4 Analyze Nick’s solution. Is he correct? If not, what was his mistake? Yes, Nick is correct. No, the power multiplied to 8.64 should have an exponent of 0. No, he needed to subtract the coefficients. No, he needed to add the exponents.
