Aliyah wants to estimate the quotient of 5.68 * 10^-9 which statement about the value is true?
a. the value will be greater than 1 because (-3) / (-9) is a positive number
b. the value will be greater than 1 because (-3) - (-9)=6
c. the value will be less than 1 because 5.68 / 8.54 is less than 1
d. the number will be less than 1 because 5.68 * 10^-3 is a very small number.

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