Finite Math Examples

$3.1 x \cdot 10^{- 3}$

Step 1

Rewrite the expression using the negative exponent rule $b^{- n} = \frac{1}{b^{n}}$ .

$3.1 x \cdot \frac{1}{10^{3}}$

Step 2

Raise $10$ to the power of $3$ .

$3.1 x \cdot \frac{1}{1000}$

Step 3

Multiply $3.1 x \frac{1}{1000}$ .

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Step 3.1

Combine $3.1$ and $\frac{1}{1000}$ .

$x \frac{3.1}{1000}$

Step 3.2

Combine $x$ and $\frac{3.1}{1000}$ .

$\frac{x \cdot 3.1}{1000}$

Step 4

Move $3.1$ to the left of $x$ .

$\frac{3.1 \cdot x}{1000}$

Step 5

Factor $3.1$ out of $3.1 \cdot x$ .

$\frac{3.1 (x)}{1000}$

Step 6

Factor $1000$ out of $1000$ .

$\frac{3.1 (x)}{1000 (1)}$

Step 7

Separate fractions.

$\frac{3.1}{1000} \cdot \frac{x}{1}$

Step 8

Divide $3.1$ by $1000$ .

$0.0031 \frac{x}{1}$

Step 9

Divide $x$ by $1$ .

$0.0031 x$