Chemistry: An Introduction to General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry (12th Edition)

Published by Prentice Hall
ISBN 10: 0321908449
ISBN 13: 978-0-32190-844-5

Chapter 1 - Section 1.4 - Key Math Skills for Chemistry - Questions and Problems - Page 17: 1.27d

Answer

6.8 x $10^{-2}$ is larger.

Work Step by Step

This number is raised to a smaller negative power than the other. For numbers with a negative power, smaller exponents are larger. For example, ten to the negative one is .1, while ten to the negative three is .001.
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