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A dripping faucet loses about 2.5×10−42.5×10−4 liters of water each minute. There are approximately 3×1053×105 minutes in a month. About how many liters of water are lost because of the dripping faucet in a month?

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Answer:

75 liters of water is lost because of the dripping faucet in a month.

Explanation:

Given : A dripping faucet losses
2.5 * 10^(-4) liters of water each minute.

Also , a month has approximately
3 * 10^5 minutes.

Total liters of water lost because of the dripping faucet in a month = water loss each minute × minutes in a month


=2.5 *10^(-4)*3 *10^5

Using property of exponents,
a^xa^y=a^(x+y),


=2.5 *3 *10^((5-4))


=7.5 *10^(1)


=75

Thus, 75 liters of water is lost because of the dripping faucet in a month.

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