How much greater is 2.6×10 to the power of 3 than 2.8×10 to the power of 2? Express your answer using either standard notation or scientific notation.

Answer 1

To determine how much greater 2.6×10^3 is than 2.8×10^2, we can divide the two numbers:

2.6×10^3 / 2.8×10^2 = (2.6 / 2.8) x 10^(3-2) = 0.9285714 x 10^1 = 9.285714

Therefore, 2.6×10^3 is about 9.285714 times greater than 2.8×10^2. This can be expressed in scientific notation as 9.29×10^1 or in standard notation as 92.85714.