Divide:

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Divide:

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The easiest way to divide this number is to convert it to scientific notation:

1.1 x 10^36 / 2.6 x 10^14

Now we can divide the coefficients:

1.1 / 2.6 = 0.4230769...

Since we only need one decimal place, we round this to 0.4.

Now we can subtract the exponents (remembering to change the sign because we are dividing):

10^36-(-14) = 10^50

Putting it all back together, we get:

0.4 x 10^50

Which is equivalent to:

4 x 10^49

The answer closest to this is B, 4.5.