A tear in an aircraft hull has a length of 2.3 times 10^-4 inch. The tear becomes 100 times longer. What is the new length of the tear? Write your answer in scientific notation.

The new length of the tear is 2.3 * 10^-2 inch

Step-by-step explanation:

Here, we are concerned with knowing the new length of the tear.

Originally, the length of the tear is 2.3 * 10^-4 inch.

But this tear became 100 times longer. The new length of the tear will be the old length * 100

Mathematically, that would be 2.3 * 10^-4 inch * 100

= 2.3 * 10^-4 * 10^2

= 2.3 * 10^(-4 + 2)

= 2.3 * 10^-2 inch

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