Question

Last year a large trucking company delivered 8.0 x 105 tons of goods with an average value of $30,000 per ton. What was the total value of the goods delivered? Write the answer in scientific notation.

Answer 1

The value will be: 30000 · 8.0 · 10^5 = (240000) · 10^5 = (2.4 · 10^5) · 10^5

= $2.4 · 10^10

Answer 2

Total value of the goods delivered
`24 *10^9\\` dollar

Explanation:

Average value per tonne
`30,000\\` dollar

Number of tons delivered
`= 8.0 * 10^5\\`

Total value of the goods delivered

`8.0 * 10^5 * 30,000\\= 24 *10^9\\`