GGG TOFU reflection blog

In two of my problems in the multiplying scientific notation, I made a easily correctable error in finishing. For example, (9 x 10 ^ 4) (4 x 10 ^ 8). We multiply together 9 and 4, giving un 36, and add the exponents 4 and 8, giving us a total of 36 x 10 ^ 12. Problem is, this isn't Scientific Notation yet. We need to turn 36 in 3.6, and that requires us to add another power of ten. This makes the accurate answer 3.6 x 10 ^ 13. I made another mistake later, forgetting to translate 42.9 x 10 ^ 22 into 4.29 x 10 ^ 23. Most of my errors are just writing the answer wrong- an entire Apollo satellite launch mission had to be aborted and detonated because someone left a hyphen out of the coding. He wasn't a bad coder, he just forgot to include a symbol, and lost thousands of dollars.