Question

Charlie is evaluating the product of 0.09 and 0.05. He multiplies, and before placing the decimal, arrives at an answer of 45. After considering the decimal placement, what is Charlie's final answer?

Answer 1

Result = 0.0045

Explanation:

Given

`0.09 * 0.05`

Required

Determine the result

Following Charlie's steps:

0.09 is a 2 decimal placed digit

and

0.05 is a 2 decimal placed digit

So, the product is as follows:

9 --------- 2 decimal place

5 --------- 2 decimal place

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45 --------- 4 decimal place

Shifting the decimals in 45 to 4 decimal places will give us: 0.0045

Hence, the final answer is 0.0045