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An elephant weighs about 5.9 × 106 grams. An ant weighs about 3 × 10-4 grams. An elephant weighs how many times more than an ant weighs? Write your answer in scientific notation, and round the coefficient to the nearest whole number.

User Torvin
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Answer:

about 2 times more

Explanation:

User Nekuromento
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Answer:

An elephant weighs 2× 10 ^10 many times more than an ant weighs.

Explanation:

Solution:

The weight of the Elephant divided by the weight of the ant gives us how many times an elephant weighs more than ant.

= 5.9 × 10^6 grams/3 × 10-4 grams

=1.96666× 10^6

= 2× 10^10

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