Answer:
See explanation
Step-by-step explanation:
Let a,b, and c be real numbers.
The distributive property says that:
[tex]a(b + c) = ab + ac[/tex]
Assuming we want to simplify:
[tex]10(5*10^{-1}+150*10^{-3})[/tex]
We apply the distributive property to get:
[tex]10(5*10^{-1}+150*10^{-3}) = 5*10^{-1} \times 10+150*10^{-3} \times 10[/tex]
We can now use rules of exponents to simplify further:
[tex]10(5*10^{-1}+150*10^{-3}) = 5*10^{-1} \times 10^{1} +150*10^{-3} \times 10^{1} [/tex]
[tex]10(5*10^{-1}+150*10^{-3}) = 5*10^{-1 + 1} +150*10^{-3 + 1}[/tex]
[tex]10(5*10^{-1}+150*10^{-3}) = 5*10^{0} +150*10^{-2}[/tex]
[tex]10(5*10^{-1}+150*10^{-3}) = 5*1+1.50*10^{-2}x {10}^{2} [/tex]
[tex]10(5*10^{-1}+150*10^{-3}) = 5*1+1.50*10^{-2 + 2}[/tex]
[tex]10(5*10^{-1}+150*10^{-3}) = 5+1.50*10^{0} = 6.5 \times {10}^{0} [/tex]
