Question

What is the product of 8.5×10 to the power of 3 2.6×10 to the power of 3 expressed in scientific notation?

Answer 1

To calculate the product of these two numbers, multiply the coefficients and add the exponents:

8.5 × 2.6 = 22.1

10^3 × 10^3 = 10^(3+3) = 10^6

Therefore, the product of 8.5×10^3 and 2.6×10^3 is 22.1 × 10^6, which can be expressed in scientific notation as 2.21 × 10^7.