What is 16.2 divided by 0.002?

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Answer 1 · 2018-05-03T10:50:34

If the decimal point is giving you a problem do this

8100

#0.002 = 0.02xx1/10#

#0.002 = 0.2color(white)("d")xx1/10xx1/10#

#0.002=2.0color(white)("d")xx1/10xx1/10xx1/10#

#0.002 = 2xx1/1000#
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So #16.2-:0.002color(white)("ddd")# is the same as

#color(white)("ddd") 16.2-:2-:1/1000#

#color(white)("dddd")8.1-:1/1000#

#color(white)("dddd")8.1xx1000/1 =8100#

Answer 2 · 2018-05-03T11:03:34

#8,100#

The division by the decimal is the biggest problem here.

Luckily we can get rid of the decimal by multiplying by a power of #10#. We need to multiply it by #1000#

However, we need to multiply the top and bottom by the same number, which is the same as multiplication by #color(blue)(1)#

#16.2/0.002 color(blue)(xx 1000/1000) = 16200/2" "larr# dividing by a whole number

#16200/2 =8,100#