Kaleerain5,
In order to get your answer you must remember that if the exponent is negative move to the left and if the exponent is positive you have to move to the right.

- The exponent is negative so move to the left:


Therefore your answer is ".000857."
Hope this helps!
Answer:
-0.01
Step-by-step explanation:
Answer:
131
Step-by-step explanation:
Using proportion,
If Out of 550 calculators = 6 are defective,
Then out of 12000 calculators = ? are defective

= 21.8 * 6
= 130.8 ≈ 131
∴ Approximately 131 calculators are defective