Question

What is the quotient of 87.2×10 to the power 8 and 53.6×10 to the power 5 expressed in scientific notation?

Answer 1

To calculate the quotient of (87.2×10^8) / (53.6×10^5), we first divide the numbers and then simplify the powers of 10 separately.

87.2 / 53.6 = 1.623134328

10^8 / 10^5 = 10^(8-5) = 10^3

Therefore, the quotient in scientific notation is 1.623134328 x 10^3.