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An athletic stadium has a capacity of 1.5 × 10^4 fans. If 9 × 10^3 fans buy advance tickets to an event at the stadium, how many tickets will be available at the box office on the day of the event? Use Standard Notation

User Runfa
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so simply substract......
1.5×10^4-9×10^3

=.6×10^4.......answer
User Siddhesh Dighe
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1.5 x 10^4 = 15,000
9 x 10^3 = 9,000

15,000 - 9,000 = 6,000 <=== or 6 x 10^3
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