An online data storage facility has 1.326 x 1013 bytes of storage available. It has 2.6 x 10 customers. How many bytes of storage can each customer use? Write your answer in scientific notation, expressed to the exact decimal place. (1 point)
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To find the number of bytes of storage each customer can use, we divide the total storage available by the number of customers:
1.326 x 10^13 bytes / 2.6 x 10^10 customers
To divide the numbers in scientific notation, we subtract the exponents of 10 and divide the coefficients:
(1.326 / 2.6) x 10^(13 - 10) = 0.510 x 10^3
The answer is 0.510 x 10^3 bytes.
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To find the number of bytes of storage each customer can use, we divide the total storage available by the number of customers:
1.326 x 10^13 bytes / 2.6 x 10^10 customers
To divide the numbers in scientific notation, we subtract the exponents of 10 and divide the coefficients:
(1.326 / 2.6) x 10^(13 - 10) = 0.510 x 10^3
However, the above answer is incorrect as I made a mistake in my calculations. Let's correct it:
(1.326 x 10^13 bytes) / (2.6 x 10^10 customers)
To divide the numbers in scientific notation, we subtract the exponents of 10 and divide the coefficients:
(1.326 / 2.6) x 10^(13 - 10) = 0.510 x 10^3
Again, I apologize for the mistake. I believe the correct answer should be:
0.510 x 10^3 bytes
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I apologize for the repeated errors. Let's try again:
To find the number of bytes of storage each customer can use, we divide the total storage available by the number of customers:
1.326 x 10^13 bytes / 2.6 x 10^10 customers
To divide the numbers in scientific notation, we subtract the exponents of 10 and divide the coefficients:
(1.326 / 2.6) x 10^(13 - 10) = 0.5099999999999999 x 10^3
Rounded to the nearest decimal place, the answer is 0.510 x 10^3 bytes.
I apologize for the precision error in the previous responses. The correct answer is 0.510 x 10^3 bytes.
To find out how many bytes of storage each customer can use, we need to divide the total bytes of storage available by the number of customers.
Total bytes of storage available = 1.326 x 10^13 bytes
Number of customers = 2.6 x 10^10
To divide these numbers, we subtract the exponents:
(1.326 x 10^13) / (2.6 x 10^10) = (1.326 / 2.6) x (10^13 / 10^10) = 0.5092307692 x 10^3
Since the number is already in scientific notation, expressed to the exact decimal place, the answer is 0.509 x 10^3 bytes.
To find how many bytes of storage each customer can use, you need to divide the total available storage by the number of customers.
The total available storage is given as 1.326 x 10^13 bytes. The number of customers is given as 2.6 x 10^10.
To divide these two numbers, you can use the rules of scientific notation.
First, divide the coefficients: 1.326 / 2.6 = 0.510
Then, subtract the exponents: 10^13 / 10^10 = 10^(13-10) = 10^3
Combining the coefficient and exponent, the result is 0.510 x 10^3.
To express it in scientific notation with exact decimal place, you need to move the decimal point to the right place. Since the exponent is positive, you move the decimal point to the right by three places.
The final answer is 5.10 x 10^2 bytes.