59.9k views
5 votes
The adult house fly lives for only about 1 month, or 8 x 10^-2 y. The oldest recorded age of a tortoise was 1.8800 x 10^2 y. What is the difference between these two ages?

User Khan Shah
by
5.1k points

1 Answer

3 votes

187.92 years

8*10^-2= .08

1.88*10^2= 188

188-.08=187.92

User Hunghd
by
5.4k points