Solve 0.0004/1.6*10^11

$$\frac{ 0.0004 }{ 1.6 \times { 10 }^{ 11 } }$$

Evaluate

$$0.0000000000000025$$

Solution Steps

Calculate 10 to the power of 11 and get 100000000000.

$$\frac{0.0004}{1.6\times 100000000000}$$

Multiply 1.6 and 100000000000 to get 160000000000.

$$\frac{0.0004}{160000000000}$$

Expand \frac{0.0004}{160000000000} by multiplying both numerator and the denominator by 10000.

$$\frac{4}{1600000000000000}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{4}{1600000000000000} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 4.

$$\frac{1}{400000000000000}$$

Factor

$$\frac{1}{2 ^ {16} \cdot 5 ^ {14}} = 2.5 \times 10^{-15}$$