Question

A company used about 7.4 x 10^5 sheets of paper in a month. The accounting department use about 8.9 x 10^3 of the total sheet the company used. How many sheets of paper were used by other departments during the month?

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Answer 1

Answer:

7.311×105

Step-by-step explanation:

..7.4×105
.74.0×104
740.0×103← we can now do the subtraction as same 10n

740.0×103
748.9×103−−−−−−−−−−← subtract
731.1×103

731.100×103
373.110×104
777.311×105