Question

The amounts of plastic waste generated in a region during two years were 32,400,000 tons and 20,300,000 tons. What was the total plastic waste generated over these two years in the region, expressed in scientific notation? 52.7 ⋅ 1014 tons 52.7 ⋅ 107 tons 5.27 ⋅ 107 tons 5.27 ⋅ 1014 tons

Answer 1

5.27 X 10^7

Explanation:

You will need to add 32,400,000 to 20,300,000, you will get 52,700,000 which we put in scientific notation where we move the decimal 7 places to the left until we get 5.27 X 10^7

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Answer 2

32,400,000 + 20,300,000 = 5.27x10^7 tons