What is 10 to the 4th power times 10 to the power of negative 2?

Answer 1

To multiply powers with the same base, you add the exponents. In this case, (10^4 \times 10^{-2} = 10^{4 + (-2)} = 10^{2}). Therefore, (10^4 \times 10^{-2} = 10^{2} = 100).