Question

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A dripping faucet loses about 2.5×10^−4 liters of water each minute. There are approximately 3×10^5 minutes in a month.

About how many liters of water are lost because of the dripping faucet in a month?



Drag and drop the values to the boxes to express the answer in scientific notation.

Answer 1

Let x liters of water is lost in a month.

2.5ₓ10⁻⁴ liters of water is lost in = 1 minute

∴ x liters of water will be lost in = 3×10⁵ minutes.
∴ x = 2.5×10⁻⁴ × 3×10⁵ = 75
∴ x = 7.5 × 10¹

Answer 2

75 liters

Explanation:

2.5 × 10^(-4) × 3 × 10^5 =

= 2.5 × 3 × 10^(-4) × 10^5

= 7.5 × 10

= 75

Answer: 75 liters