To find out how many bytes of storage each customer can use, we need to divide the total available storage by the number of customers:
1.326×1013 bytes ÷ 2.6×104 customers
To divide these numbers, we need to divide the coefficients (1.326 ÷ 2.6) and subtract their exponents (1013 - 104):
1.326 ÷ 2.6 = 0.51076923076
So, the coefficient of our answer is 0.51076923076. Now let's subtract the exponents:
1013 - 104 = 909
Therefore, each customer can use approximately 0.51076923076 x 109 bytes of storage. Written in scientific notation with the exact decimal place, this is:
5.1076923076×108 bytes
An online data storage facility has 1.326×1013
bytes of storage available. It has 2.6×104
customers. How many bytes of storage can each customer use? Write your answer in scientific notation, expressed to the exact decimal place.
2 answers
5.10x10^8