Question

What is the perimeter of the rectangle? Write your answer in scientific notation. The area is 2.76 x 10 pw12 the width is 4.6 x 10 pw5 pw is the power

Answer 1

To calculate the perimeter of a rectangle in scientific notation, divide the given area by the width to find the length, then use the perimeter formula (P = 2×length + 2×width), accounting for the power of 10 in your calculations to maintain proper notation.

Step-by-step explanation:

The perimeter of a rectangle can be found using the formula P = 2×length + 2×width. Given the area of the rectangle (2.76 x 10^12 square units) and the width (4.6 x 10^5 units), we can find the length by dividing the area by the width. The length would therefore be the area divided by the width which is (2.76 x 10^12) / (4.6 x 10^5) = 6 x 10^6 units. Now that we have the length and width, we can calculate the perimeter by substituting into the formula: P = 2×(6 x 10^6) + 2×(4.6 x 10^5) = 1.2 x 10^7 + 9.2 x 10^5. Converting the width to the same power of 10, we get P = 1.2 x 10^7 + 0.092 x 10^7 = 1.292 x 10^7 units. This expresses the perimeter in scientific notation.

Answer 2

The caret (^) is the symbol conventionally used to indicate an exponent.

You have
area = 2.76·10^12
width = 4.6·10^5

You want to find the perimeter of the rectangle with these dimensions.

The perimeter of a rectangle is twice the sum of length and width.
perimeter = 2*(length + width)
The length can be figured from the area using the formula for area.
area = length*width
area/width = length . . . . . . . . . divide by width
Filling in the numbers, we have
perimeter = 2*((2.76·10^12)/(4.6·10^5) +(4.6·10^5))
perimeter = 2*(6.0·10^6 +0.46·10^6)
perimeter = 2*6.46·10^6 = 1.292·10^7

The perimeter of the rectangle is ...
1.292·10^7