Question

Rewrite each of the farmers length of farm in scientific

notation and state which farmer has the larger farm.
Farmer Barton has farm that is 12,800 feet long.
Farmer Hassan has a farm that is 1.5 miles long. (If 1
mile is 5,280ft, how far is 1.5 miles?). Change miles to
feet before writing in scientific notation.

Answer 1

To compare the lengths of the farms, convert them both to the same unit and write them in scientific notation. Farmer Barton has the larger farm because it is longer.

Step-by-step explanation:

To compare the lengths of the farms in scientific notation, we need to convert them both to the same unit. Since 1 mile is equal to 5,280 feet, we can convert Farmer Barton's farm to feet by multiplying 12,800 by 1.5 = 19,200 feet.

Now we can write the lengths in scientific notation. Farmer Barton's farm is 1.92 x 10^4 feet long, while Farmer Hassan's farm is 1.5 x 5,280 = 7,920 feet long, which is equivalent to 7.92 x 10^3 feet.

Comparing the two lengths, Farmer Barton has the larger farm because his farm is longer.