Question

The weight of a honeybee is 1.2 x 10^-1 g. The weight of the pollen collected by the bee on one trip is 6.0⋅10 ^−2 g.

What is the combined weight of the bee and the pollen?
Express your answer in scientific notation.

Answer 1

Answer:1.8*10^-1

Explanation:

Answer 2

The combined weight of the bee and the pollen will be
`1.8* 10^-^1` g.

Explanation:

The weight of the honeybee is
`1.2* 10^-^1` g and the weight of the pollen collected by the bee is
`6.0* 10^-^2` g.

For finding the combined weight, we just need to add those two numbers.

First we will convert each scientific notation as decimal numbers. So........

`1.2* 10^-^1 = 1.2* (1)/(10)=0.12\\ \\ \\ 6.0* 10^-^2 = 6.0* (1)/(100)= 0.06`

Now.......

`(1.2* 10^-^1)+(6.0* 10^-^2)\\ \\ =0.12+0.06\\ \\ =0.18 = 1.8* 10^-^1`

Thus, the combined weight of the bee and the pollen will be
`1.8* 10^-^1` g.