Dividing Numbers Using Scientific Notation
Divide \frac{0.000000000048}{24,000,000,000}. Write the answer in scientific notation.
First write each number in scientific notation.
\frac{0.000000000048}{24,000,000,000} = \frac{4.8 × 10^{-11}}{2.4 × 10^{10}} = \left ( \begin{matrix} \frac{4.8}{2.4} \end{matrix} \right ) \left ( \begin{matrix} \frac{10^{-11}}{10^{10}} \end{matrix} \right )
= 2.0 × 10^{-11-10}
= 2.0 × 10^{-21}