Question

Please help!! I have less than an hour to turn this in!

Answer 1

Answer:

8 × 10¹

Step-by-step explanation:

don't panic. just breathe deeply and then think logically.

0.002 ... what is that ? 2 10ths ? 2 hundredths ? 2 thousandths ? 2 tenthousandths ?

the 3rd position after the decimal point is for 1/1000.

and that means 10^-3. in the same way as 1000 is 10³.

so, it is 2 × 10^-3.

the other rounded number is then 4 × 10⁴.

now, we are multiplying both numbers

2×10^-3 × 4×10⁴

what do we do ?

we combine the same types of factors, like the basic constants : 2×4 = 8

and 10^-3 × 10⁴.

what hairball when we multiply the same base number with exponents ? we add the exponents :

10^-3 × 10⁴ = 10¹ = 10

because -3 + 4 = 1

and so, the result is

8 × 10¹