Subtract 4.66×10^−5−7.34×10^−7(1 point) Responses

Question

4.5866 × 10^−5
-4.5866×10^−5
2.68×10^2
−2.68×10^2

Answer 1

To subtract the numbers \( 4.66 \times 10^{-5} \) and \( 7.34 \times 10^{-7} \), we first need to express them with the same exponent.

We can convert \( 7.34 \times 10^{-7} \) to an equivalent number with an exponent of \( 10^{-5} \):

\[ 7.34 \times 10^{-7} = 0.0734 \times 10^{-5} \]

Now the subtraction looks like this:

\[ 4.66 \times 10^{-5} - 0.0734 \times 10^{-5} \]

Performing the subtraction:

\[ 4.66 - 0.0734 = 4.5866 \]

This gives us:

\[ 4.5866 \times 10^{-5} \]

Therefore, the answer is:

4.5866 × 10^−5