How many times greater is 1, point, 6, 3, 8, times, 10, to the power minus 31.638×10

−3
than 6, point, 3, times, 10, to the power minus 56.3×10
−5
? Express your answer using either standard notation or scientific notation.

1 answer

To find how many times greater \(1.638 \times 10^{-31.638} \) is than \(6.3 \times 10^{-56.3}\), we can divide the first value by the second value.

Let's start with the numbers in scientific notation:

  1. The first number: \[ 1.638 \times 10^{-31.638} \]

  2. The second number: \[ 6.3 \times 10^{-56.3} \]

Now, we'll perform the division:

\[ \frac{1.638 \times 10^{-31.638}}{6.3 \times 10^{-56.3}} = \frac{1.638}{6.3} \times \frac{10^{-31.638}}{10^{-56.3}} \]

Calculating the numerical part:

\[ \frac{1.638}{6.3} \approx 0.25968 \]

Now calculating the exponent part:

Subtract the exponents:

\[ -31.638 - (-56.3) = -31.638 + 56.3 = 24.662 \]

Now combine both parts:

\[ 0.25968 \times 10^{24.662} \]

To express in scientific notation, we can convert \(0.25968\) into \(2.5968\) (which is within the range of \(1\) to \(10\)) and adjust the exponent accordingly:

\[ 0.25968 = 2.5968 \times 10^{-1} \]

Thus, we have:

\[ (2.5968 \times 10^{-1}) \times 10^{24.662} = 2.5968 \times 10^{24.662 - 1} = 2.5968 \times 10^{23.662} \]

Therefore, the final answer to how many times greater \(1.638 \times 10^{-31.638}\) is than \(6.3 \times 10^{-56.3}\) is:

\[ \boxed{2.5968 \times 10^{23.662}} \]