R118 212, 21 Question 16
A family takes out an R800 000 mortgage from the bank to buy a new home. The bank charges
interest at an annual rate of 14% compounded monthly over 20 years. How much of the
outstanding balance on the loan will the family still owe at the end of the first year?
1. R772 687,39
2. R783 083,94
3. R792 129,68
4. R799 385,17​

the largest number of the four options is 1.8 x 10-2

you have it in scientific notation.

1.80 x 10-6   = 0.00000180

1.80 x 10-4   = 0.000180 (bigger, or "less small", than the former one)

so

1.8 x 10-2       = 0.0180. as you see. the "less small", or the biggest one of them all.

as you have negative exponent, it means you are dividing 1.8 by 100 (i.e. moving the dot towards left, two times).

if you had positive exponent for the scientific notation, power of tenths, you would be multiplying times 100 (moving the dot towards right) as below:

1.8 x (10)2 = 180

so. if you have negative exponent in scientific notation, move the dot toward left. if it is positive, toward right as many times the exponent tells you.

what is the information provided?

step-by-step explanation:

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