South Carolina: 8.29 ×10 to the power of 4 square kilometers Delaware: 6.45 × 10 to the power of 3 square kilometers.How many times larger is South Carolina than Delaware? Write your answer in standard notation, rounding to the nearest tenth.

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To find out how many times larger South Carolina is than Delaware, we need to divide the area of South Carolina by the area of Delaware.

8.29 × 10^4 / 6.45 × 10^3 = 1.286

Therefore, South Carolina is approximately 1.3 times larger than Delaware.
The size of a cell is typically found by capturing an image under a microscope then using software to measure its diameter. Two cells are measured using this method:Cell H:9.47 ×10 to the power of -3 centimeters Cell K:8.5 ×10 to the power of -4 centimeters.How many times larger is the diameter of cell H than the diameter of cell K? Write your answer in standard notation, rounding to the nearest tenth.
To find out how many times larger the diameter of cell H is than the diameter of cell K, we need to divide the diameter of cell H by the diameter of cell K.

9.47 × 10^-3 / 8.5 × 10^-4 = 11.141176

Therefore, the diameter of cell H is approximately 11.1 times larger than the diameter of cell K.