Question

A national park in Florida is 7.112×108 square meters in area. A state park in Florida is 2.452×107 square meters in area. Based on these areas, what is the difference between the national park and the state park?

Answer 1

The difference in area between the national park and the state park in Florida is 6.8668 × 10^8 square meters.

Step-by-step explanation:

The difference in area between the national park and the state park in Florida is calculated by subtracting the area of the state park from the area of the national park.

First, you need to express both areas using the same exponent to easily subtract them:

• National Park: 7.112 × 108 square meters
• State Park: 2.452 × 107 square meters

Since the national park's area is already in larger unit (108), we adjust the state park's area:

• State Park: 2.452 × 107 square meters = 0.2452 × 108 square meters

Now we can subtract easily:

National Park - State Park = 7.112 × 108 - 0.2452 × 108 = (7.112 - 0.2452) × 108

6.8668 × 108 square meters

Therefore, the difference in area is 6.8668 × 108 square meters.