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A bee flaps it's wings about 82,800 times an hour, and a hummingbird flaps it's wings about 28,800 times an hour. About how many times faster does a bee flap it's wings than a humingbird? Estimate using a single digit times a power of 10. ( Please help me : 100 Points!!! Please help.)

A bee flaps it's wings about 82,800 times an hour, and a hummingbird flaps it's wings-example-1
User Hayle
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User Brian Geihsler
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Answer :
2.67* 10^0 times faster does a bee flap it's wings than a hummingbird.

Step-by-step explanation :

As we are given that:

A bee flaps it's wings about 82,800 times an hour.

We can write 82,800 as, 80,000 by rounding off.

80,000 is in standard form.

The scientific notation of 80,000 is,
8* 10^4

A hummingbird flaps it's wings about 28,800 times an hour.

We can write 28,800 as, 30,000 by rounding off.

30,000 is in standard form.

The scientific notation of 30,000 is,
3times 10^4

Now we have to determine the how many times faster does a bee flap it's wings than a hummingbird.


(8* 10^4)/(3* 10^4)


(8)/(3)* 10^((4-4))


(8)/(3)* 10^0


2.67* 10^0\approx 3

That means about 3 times faster.

Therefore, the
2.67* 10^0 times faster does a bee flap it's wings than a hummingbird.

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