Basic Operations
Given two numbers in scientific notation,
and
Multiplication and division are performed using the rules for operation with exponential functions:
and
Some examples are:
and
Addition and subtraction require the numbers to be represented using the same exponential part, so that the significand can be simply added or subtracted. :
Next, add or subtract the significands:
An example:
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