Question

In 2012, the population of New Zealand was approximately 4.43 million people. Inthe same year, the population of Belgium was approximately 11.14 million people. In2012, how many more people lived in Belgium than in New Zealand? Express youranswer using scientific notation.Help needed :/

Answer 1

NetherlandSOLUTION

In summary, what we are been asked in the question is the difference between Belgium and New Zealand populations, and leaving our answer in a scientific notation format.

Difference in mathematics means subtraction. (-)

Belgium population = 11140000

New Zealand population = 4430000

The difference is:

`\begin{gathered} 11140000-4430000 \\ =6710000 \\ In\text{ scientific notation format, our answer can be written as:} \\ =6.71*10^6 \end{gathered}`

The correct answer is the last option.