Chemistry: Atoms First
2nd Edition
ISBN: 9780073511184
Author: Julia Burdge, Jason Overby Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 1, Problem 1.39QP
Express the answers to the following calculations in scientific notation:
(a) 0.0095 + (8.5 × 10−3)
(b) 653 ÷ (5.75 × 10−8)
(c) 850,000 − (9.0 × 105)
(d) (3.6 × 10−4) × (3.6 × 106)
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