Question

4.82 plus 10^12. Show your work

Answer 1

To calculate \( 4.82 + 10^{12} \), we start by noting what \( 10^{12} \) represents.

The expression \( 10^{12} \) equals \( 1,000,000,000,000 \) (which is 1 followed by 12 zeros).

Next, we can write the equation more explicitly:

\[
4.82 + 1,000,000,000,000
\]

Since \( 10^{12} \) is significantly larger than \( 4.82 \), when we add \( 4.82 \) to \( 10^{12} \), the value will be very close to \( 10^{12} \).

Now performing the addition explicitly:

\[
1,000,000,000,000 + 4.82 = 1,000,000,000,000 + 0.00000000000482
\]

Maintaining alignment of decimal places (in this case unnecessary as the integer part overshadows the decimal part), we can write it as:

\[
1,000,000,000,000.00 + 0.00 + 4.82
\]

Adding gives:

\[
1,000,000,000,000.00 + 0.00 + 4.82 = 1,000,000,000,000.00 + 4.82 = 1,000,000,000,004.82
\]

Thus, the final result of \( 4.82 + 10^{12} \) is:

\[
\boxed{1,000,000,000,004.82}
\]