Algebra Examples

$5.8 \cdot 10^{1} - 7.4 \cdot 10^{0}$

Step 1

Move the decimal point in $- 7.4$ to the left by $1$ place and increase the power of $10^{0}$ by $1$ .

$5.8 \cdot 10^{1} - 0.74 \cdot 10^{1}$

Step 2

Factor $10^{1}$ out of $5.8 \cdot 10^{1} - 0.74 \cdot 10^{1}$ .

$(5.8 - 0.74) \cdot 10^{1}$

Step 3

Subtract $0.74$ from $5.8$ .

$5.06 \cdot 10^{1}$