13.5 x 10^6 - 5.9 x 10^4 in the powers of 10

Answer 1

To subtract the two numbers \( 13.5 \times 10^6 \) and \( 5.9 \times 10^4 \), we need to express them in terms of the same power of 10.

1. Convert \( 5.9 \times 10^4 \) to the same power of ten as \( 13.5 \times 10^6 \): \[ 5.9 \times 10^4 = 0.0059 \times 10^6 \]

2. Now we can perform the subtraction: \[ 13.5 \times 10^6 - 0.0059 \times 10^6 = (13.5 - 0.0059) \times 10^6 \]

3. Calculate \( 13.5 - 0.0059 \): \[ 13.5 - 0.0059 = 13.4941 \]

4. Thus, the result is: \[ 13.4941 \times 10^6 \]

So, \( 13.5 \times 10^6 - 5.9 \times 10^4 = 13.4941 \times 10^6 \).