The Environmental Protection Agency sets limits on the maximum allowable concentration of certain chemicals in drinking water. For the substance PCB, the limit was set at 5 ppm (parts per million). The PCB level is unsafe if it is greater than 5 ppm. A random sample of 36 water specimens from the same well results in a mean PCB concentration of 5.2 ppm with standard deviation of 0.6 ppm. Does the data substantiate that the water is unsafe?

the largest number of the four options is 1.8 x 10-2

you have it in scientific notation.

1.80 x 10-6   = 0.00000180

1.80 x 10-4   = 0.000180 (bigger, or "less small", than the former one)

so

1.8 x 10-2       = 0.0180. as you see. the "less small", or the biggest one of them all.

as you have negative exponent, it means you are dividing 1.8 by 100 (i.e. moving the dot towards left, two times).

if you had positive exponent for the scientific notation, power of tenths, you would be multiplying times 100 (moving the dot towards right) as below:

1.8 x (10)2 = 180

so. if you have negative exponent in scientific notation, move the dot toward left. if it is positive, toward right as many times the exponent tells you.

the correct answer is c

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-1/3(x+1)^5

i’m pretty sure this is correct