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SSAT Upper Level
Quantitative (Math)

Light Intensity in Scientific Notation

Very Hard Number And Operations Scientific Notation

A physicist is studying the intensity of light from a distant star. The light intensity can be expressed in scientific notation as follows:

The measured light intensity from the star is 3.6 × 10^{-9} watts per square meter. If the intensity of light decreases by a factor of 1000 due to distance, what is the new intensity expressed in scientific notation?

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