To add or subtract numbers with the power of ten you need to make sure the exponents match before you do anything to the coefficients. True or false.

One of the properties of quantities with exponents is that numbers with exponents can be added and subtracted only when they have the same base and exponent. Since all numbers in scientific notation have the same base (10), we need only worry about the exponents. To be added or subtracted, two numbers in scientific notation must be manipulated so that their bases have the same exponent--this will ensure that corresponding digits in their coefficients have the same place value.

Step-by-step explanation:

One of the properties of quantities with exponents is that numbers with exponents can be added and subtracted only when they have the same base and exponent. Since all numbers in scientific notation have the same base (10), we need only worry about the exponents. To be added or subtracted, two numbers in scientific notation must be manipulated so that their bases have the same exponent--this will ensure that corresponding digits in their coefficients have the same place value.

step-by-step explanation:

see if this :

answer:

payment just for service  

→

$

87.12

payment for service including tax

→

$

94.09

explanation:

service only with 20% tip  

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$

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$

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so technically the answer is  

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1

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however, the intention of the question provider may have been that your answer is to be  

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payment just for service  

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$

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payment for service including tax

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94.09

tony b

mar 21, 2017

answer:

trying to explain it another way

explanation:

service charge  

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→

$

72.60

20% tip  

20

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