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Steve entered a number in his calculator and erroneously
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21 Jul 2020, 09:01
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Steve entered a number in his calculator and erroneously divided the number by 14,236 instead of 14.236. Which of the following is a single operation that Steve could perform on his calculator to correct the error?
Indicate all such operations.
A. Multiply the incorrect quotient by 1000
B. Divide the incorrect quotient by 1000
C. Multiply the incorrect quotient by 10
D. Divide the incorrect quotient by 10
E. Multiply the incorrect quotient by 0.01
F. Divide the incorrect quotient by 0.01
G. Multiply the incorrect quotient by 0.001
H. Divide the incorrect quotient by 0.001
Indicate all such operations.
A. Multiply the incorrect quotient by 1000
B. Divide the incorrect quotient by 1000
C. Multiply the incorrect quotient by 10
D. Divide the incorrect quotient by 10
E. Multiply the incorrect quotient by 0.01
F. Divide the incorrect quotient by 0.01
G. Multiply the incorrect quotient by 0.001
H. Divide the incorrect quotient by 0.001
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Re: Steve entered a number in his calculator and erroneously
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27 Sep 2021, 02:25
27 Sep 2021, 02:25
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Carcass wrote:
Steve entered a number in his calculator and erroneously divided the number by 14,236 instead of 14.236. Which of the following is a single operation that Steve could perform on his calculator to correct the error?
Indicate all such operations.
A. Multiply the incorrect quotient by 1000
B. Divide the incorrect quotient by 1000
C. Multiply the incorrect quotient by 10
D. Divide the incorrect quotient by 10
E. Multiply the incorrect quotient by 0.01
F. Divide the incorrect quotient by 0.01
G. Multiply the incorrect quotient by 0.001
H. Divide the incorrect quotient by 0.001
Indicate all such operations.
A. Multiply the incorrect quotient by 1000
B. Divide the incorrect quotient by 1000
C. Multiply the incorrect quotient by 10
D. Divide the incorrect quotient by 10
E. Multiply the incorrect quotient by 0.01
F. Divide the incorrect quotient by 0.01
G. Multiply the incorrect quotient by 0.001
H. Divide the incorrect quotient by 0.001
Let \(x \)be the number to be divided by 14.236
Instead of writing\( x/14.236\), Steve wrote \(x/14236\).
The incorrect number is 1000 times larger than the correct number.
To correct the mistake, we have to reverse this operation i.e., divide the number (in the denominator) by 1000 or multiply the denominator by\( 1/1000\) which is equal to 0.001.
\(x/(14236*0.001)\)
Hence option H only.
