An online data storage facility has 1.326×10^13 bytes of storage available. It has 2.6×10^4 customers. How many bytes of storage can each customer use? Write your answer in scientific notation, expressed to the exact decimal place.
To find the number of bytes of storage each customer can use, we divide the total bytes of storage available by the number of customers:
1.326×10^13 bytes / 2.6×10^4 customers = (1.326/2.6) × (10^13/10^4) = 0.509615384615×10^(13-4) = 0.5096×10^(9)
Converting to scientific notation with the decimal place expressed to the exact decimal place, we get:
5.096×10^8
To find out how many bytes of storage each customer can use, we need to divide the total available storage by the number of customers:
1.326×10^13 bytes ÷ 2.6×10^4 customers
To simplify this division, we can subtract the exponents of the 10:
(1.326 ÷ 2.6) × 10^(13 - 4)
Calculating the division gives us:
0.509230769230769 × 10^9
This number can be expressed in scientific notation as:
5.092307692307692×10^8 bytes
Therefore, each customer can use approximately 5.092307692307692×10^8 bytes of storage.
To determine the number of bytes of storage that each customer can use, you need to divide the total available storage by the number of customers.
1.326 × 10^13 bytes ÷ 2.6 × 10^4 customers
When dividing numbers in scientific notation, you subtract the exponents:
(1.326 ÷ 2.6) × 10^(13 - 4)
Simplifying the division:
0.509230769 × 10^9
To express this in scientific notation and to the exact decimal place, we can remove the trailing zeros:
5.09230769 × 10^8 bytes
Therefore, each customer can use approximately 5.09230769 × 10^8 bytes of storage.