OpenStax, Contemporary Mathematics §3.9 Scientific Notation · Example 14 · Arithmetic · Exponents & roots

Scientific Notation · Example 14

Sometimes it is entertaining to determine the time it takes for something to happen. Fingernails grow about $8.032 \times 1 0^{- 11}$ km per minute. How many kilometers long would fingernails be after $6 \times 1 0^{4}$ minutes?

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OpenStax, Contemporary Mathematics · §3.9 Scientific Notation · Example 14

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