Question

Pls help Multiply. write the result in scientific notation (1.7*10^-4)(5*10^-5)

Answer 1

Do the exponents first. 10 to the -4 is 1/10000 or 0.0001 and 10^ -5 is 0.00001. You end up with (1.7*0.0001)(5*0.00001) which is 0.00017*0.00005 which is 0.0000000085 or 0.085*10^-8