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Convert numbers between 0 and 1 intro standard form/scientific notation.

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Calculate the following expression and write the answer in standard form.

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To calculate $\\var{Num1}\\times 10^\\var{Pow1}\\times\\var{Num2}\\times 10^\\var{Pow2}$ we just multiply through and convert to standard form at the end if necessary. It is easier to multiply $\\var{Num1}$ with $\\var{Num2}$ and $10^\\var{Pow1}$ with $10^\\var{Pow2}$ which gives us

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\\[\\var{Num1}\\times 10^\\var{Pow1}\\times\\var{Num2}\\times 10^\\var{Pow2}=\\var{Num1*Num2}\\times10^\\var{Pow1+Pow2}.\\]

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This is not in standard form, we need to divide $\\\\var{Num1*Num2}$ by $10$ and increase the power by $1$ to get a final answer of

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\\\\[\\\\var{NumAns}\\\\times 10^\\\\var{PowAns}.\\\\]

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Since this is already in standard form we are done.

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$\\var{Num1}\\times 10^\\var{Pow1}\\times\\var{Num2}\\times 10^\\var{Pow2}=$ [[0]]$\\times 10$ [[1]] .

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