Question

The state of Georgia has roughly 10⁷ human residents. Each human has roughly 10¹³ bacteria cells in his or her digestive tract. How many bacteria cells are there in the digestive tracts of all the humans in Georgia?

Answer 1

10^20

Explanation:

So in this word problem, we have to multiply 10^13 bacteria cells on a single person by the 10^7 of people.

Always remember this, when you have exponenets with the same bases, and the question asks for multiplying and dividing exponents, you just need to add and subtract the exponent.

So in this case, we will just add since it calls for multipactation.

So we need to solve:

10^13+7

This will just equal:

10^20 power

Hope this helps ;)