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Distances Between Powers Which pair of numbers is closer together?
Which pair of number is closer together.
Given:
The given pairs are 1010  and  1050 or 10100  and  10101.
Procedure used:
Scientific notation:
A positive number x is said to be in scientific notation if it is expressed as follows:
x=a×10n where 1≤a<10 and n is an integer
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