Question

A state park has two pools. The olympic size pool holds 8.12 x 10^5 gallons of water and the smaller pool holds 5.27 x 10^5 gallons of water. What is the combined capacity of the pools?

Answer 1

I think the answer is 1339000 because i did 5.27 x 10^5) + (8.12 x 10^5 i added because the key word is combine making the answer 1339000 : scientific notation style 1.34 x 10^6

Answer 2

`=1.34*10^(6)` gallons

Explanation:

Given: The olympic size pool holds
`8.12* 10^5` gallons of water

Smaller pool holds
`5.27* 10^5`.

To find: The combined capacity of the pools

Solution: The combined capacity of the pools is

`8.12*10^(5) +5.27*10^(5)`

Taking
`10^(5)` common we get

`=(8.12+5.27)10^(5)`

`=13.39*10^(5)`

`=1.34*10^(6)`

Hence, the combined capacity of the pools
`=1.34*10^(6)` gallons.