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by mpaudena » Sat Sep 19, 2009 5:09 am
The value of (10^8 - 10^2)/(10^7 - 10^3)is closest to which of the following?

A) 1

B) 10

C) 10^2

D) 10^3

E) 10^4

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by real2008 » Sat Sep 19, 2009 6:36 am
it is B i think
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by aa2kash » Sat Sep 19, 2009 9:24 am
its B
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by sal2 » Wed Dec 16, 2009 7:07 am
Can you explain. I can't seem to get it.
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by Lattefah84 » Wed Dec 16, 2009 7:19 am
sal2 wrote:Can you explain. I can't seem to get it.
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10e8= 1, 000 000 00, 10e2= 100

(1,000 000 00 - 100) /(1,000 000 0 - 1,000)

9, 999 990 0/ 9,999000=10,00099009901 (10e2)
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by sal2 » Wed Dec 16, 2009 8:59 am
When I pulled out the 10^2, I got (10^6 - 1)/(10^5 - 10), which I could not manipulate to one of the answers. I guess at that point you can kind of eyeball it and see that the -1 and the 10 are insignificant, so 10^6/10^5 will give you 10. Is there a better way? Can someone explain?
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by Lattefah84 » Wed Dec 16, 2009 11:13 am
sal2 wrote:When I pulled out the 10^2, I got (10^6 - 1)/(10^5 - 10), which I could not manipulate to one of the answers. I guess at that point you can kind of eyeball it and see that the -1 and the 10 are insignificant, so 10^6/10^5 will give you 10. Is there a better way? Can someone explain?
I don't get what part of the answer is not clear... with simple math operations you can get the answer... Subtract and divide by heart and you will see that 10e2 is the closest.
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by Lattefah84 » Wed Dec 16, 2009 11:15 am
p.s.


10e6= 1, 000 000

10e2=100

10e7=1,000 000 0


10e3= 1,000
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by nittanylion530 » Wed Dec 16, 2009 1:15 pm
10^2 is incorrect.

https://www.beatthegmat.com/gmat-prep-t13201.html


The answer is, in fact, B as previously stated and easily explained by Sal2.
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by Lattefah84 » Wed Dec 16, 2009 1:22 pm
nittanylion530 wrote:10^2 is incorrect.

https://www.beatthegmat.com/gmat-prep-t13201.html


The answer is, in fact, B as previously stated and easily explained by Sal2.
sorry, it was lapsus calami, I meant 10e1 too, but I wrote wrong exponent. From my previous post it is obviously 10e1 the result. Sorry.
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by kabirmohammed » Wed Dec 16, 2009 1:46 pm
The value of (10^8 - 10^2)/(10^7 - 10^3)is closest to which of the following?

(10^8 - 10^2)/(10^7 - 10^3) = 10^2(10^6 - 1)/10^3(10^4 - 1)

as we are interested in calculating closest value not exact value..
we can neglect 1 (10^6 - 1 is approx equal to 10 ^6)
similarly 10^4 -1
now we have,
(10^2*10^6)/(10^3*10^4) = 10^8/10^7
=10

hope this helps!!!
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