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Solve this problem please I need help with the explanation if you could go in depth

Solve this problem please I need help with the explanation if you could go in depth-example-1
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The given information is:

City A expects 3x10^5 people.

City B expects 6x10^4 people.

We can rewrite 3x10^5 as:


3*10^5=300000

Because the power of ten lets us know the number of zeros we need to add at the right of the number 3.

Then, 6x10^4 can be rewritten as:


6*10^4=60000

As you can see, 300000 is greater than 60000.

So city A is expecting more people to attend than city B.

If we divide the number of people city A is expecting by the number of people city B is expecting, we can know how many times as many people are expected in City A:


(300000)/(60000)=5

5 times as many people are expected.

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