Ria says that that if you multiply a number by , the answer would be smaller than the10 −4 answer you find when you multiply the number by .Is Ria correct? Give an example to10 −5 show your answer is true.

Kapil needed to buy a long wooden beam. he went to two sawmills that each charge an initial fee plus an additional fee for each meter of wood. the following equation gives the price (in dollars) of a wooden beam from the first sawmill as a function of its length (in meters). p = 5+20xp=5+20x