How much greater is 8.5*10^-2 than 6.6*10^-5? Express your answer using either standard notation or scientific notation.

Answer 1

To find out how much greater 8.5*10^-2 is than 6.6*10^-5, we can subtract the two values:

8.5*10^-2 - 6.6*10^-5 = 0.085 - 0.000066 = 0.084934

Therefore, 8.5*10^-2 is 0.084934 greater than 6.6*10^-5.

Expressed in scientific notation, this would be written as:
8.4934*10^-2

So, 8.5*10^-2 is approximately 8.4934 times greater than 6.6*10^-5.