emptyconvict
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Hi guys. I'm currently attending an online course and during the lecture the teacher has solved an equation for some variable 'a'. He showed the following two lines as an explanation but I cannot see between the lines.
51.1 = a * 8000^3
a = 0.998 * 10^-10
My question is how has he arrived at this second line?
I'm guessing this is me not understanding how to convert numbers to the form a * 10 ^ b however I don't know the name of this form nor how to use it.
I understand that the first line can be simplified to:
a = 51.1 / ( 8000^3 )
Which implies:
51.1 / ( 8000 ^ 3 ) == 0.998 * 10^-10
But how?!
Thanks.
51.1 = a * 8000^3
a = 0.998 * 10^-10
My question is how has he arrived at this second line?
I'm guessing this is me not understanding how to convert numbers to the form a * 10 ^ b however I don't know the name of this form nor how to use it.
I understand that the first line can be simplified to:
a = 51.1 / ( 8000^3 )
Which implies:
51.1 / ( 8000 ^ 3 ) == 0.998 * 10^-10
But how?!
Thanks.