Question

Last year a large trucking company delivered 7.5 x 10^5 tons of goods with an average value of $16,000 per ton. What was the total value of the goods delivered? Write the answer in scientific notation.

A. 1.2 x 10^12 dollars
B. 1.2 x 10^11 dollars
C. 1.2 x 10^9 dollars
D. 1.2 x 10^10 dollars

Answer 1

C because if you do 10^5 you get 100,000. Then you multiply it with 7.5 and get 750,000. Then 750,000x16,000 is 12,000,000,000 which is 1.2 x 10^9