The mass of the piece of paper is 550 times greater than the mass of the feather.
What is the ratio of the mass of the piece of paper to the mass of the feather?
Herein we have the masses of a piece of paper and a feather, the former is in common notation but the latter is in scientific notation. Due to comfort issues and the desire for clearer and quicker operations, we decided to convert the mass of the piece of paper to scientific notation:
Piece of paper
4.4 × 10⁰ grams
Feather
8.0 × 10⁻³ grams
Then, by definition of ratio, we divide the mass of the piece of paper to the mass of the feather:
r = (4.4 × 10⁰ / 8.0 × 10⁻³)
r = (4.4 / 8.0) × 10³
r = 0.55 × 10³
r = (5.5 × 10⁻¹) × 10³
r = 5.5 × 10²
By converting r into normal notation:
r = 5.5 × 100
r = 550
The mass of the piece of paper is 550 times greater than the mass of the feather.
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