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Help with Two questions?

by yumi2012 » Tue Aug 13, 2013 12:20 pm
#1. Which integer values of b would give the number 2002/10^-b a value between 1 and 100?



#2. Which integer values of j would give the number -37,129x10^j a value between -100 and -1?
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by ganeshrkamath » Tue Aug 13, 2013 9:56 pm
yumi2012 wrote:#1. Which integer values of b would give the number 2002/10^-b a value between 1 and 100?
For 2002/10^x to lie between 1 and 100, the result should be either 2.002 or 20.02. So x = 3 or 2.
x = -b
So b = -3 or b = -2

yumi2012 wrote:#2. Which integer values of j would give the number -37,129x10^j a value between -100 and -1?
For -37,129x10^j to lie between -100 and -1, the result should be either -37.129 or -3.7129.
So j = -3 or j = -4

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