Understand the problem: Understand the problem.We need to multiply 5.72 by 10 raised to the power of 4. Multiplying by 10 to a power is equivalent to moving the decimal point to the right by the number of zeros in the power of 10.
Multiply by 104: Multiply by 10 to the power of 4.To multiply 5.72 by 104, we move the decimal point 4 places to the right.5.72 becomes 57200.
Write final answer: Write the final answer.The product of 5.72 and 104 is 57200.
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