Elena is going to a farmer's market for fresh produce. She has two markets to choose from and hopes to buy both cherries and asparagus. The table shows
the probability that each type of produce will be available at the markets.
North market
Assuming that the availability of cherries and the availability of asparagus are
independent of each other, which market should Elena choose to maximize
her chance ofbuying both

yes

step-by-step explanation:

yes

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.