Early in the 1990s, there was an earthquake in Los Angeles that measured 6.7 on the Richter Scale. The following year, Japan experienced an earthquake that was 5 times stronger. What was the magnitude of the earthquake in Japan? Use the example below to help you solve this problem.
Early in the century the earthquake in San Francisco registered 8.3 on the Richter scale. In the same year, another earthquake was recorded in South America that was four time stronger. What was the magnitude of the earthquake in South American?

I= Intensity of a certain Earthquake

S= the Intensity of a standard earthquake

On the way home from visiting his family, vincent’s plane cruised at an altitude of 3.2 × 10^4 feet. he had heard that a man named felix baumgartner skydived from an altitude of 1.28 × 10^5 feet. vincent wants to know how much higher felix went on his skydiving trip. question 1 you have already seen how adding numbers works in either scientific notation or standard notation. but can you subtract numbers in scientific notation and get the same results as subtracting in standard notation? to find out, first solve vincent’s problem in standard notation. part a write the cruising altitude of vincent’s plane in standard notation.