Question

A computer can perform 4.66 x 10 exponent 8 calculations per second. How many calculations can this computer perform in one minute

Answer 1

A computer that can perform 4.66 x 10^8 calculations per second can perform 2.796 x 10^10 calculations in one minute, or 27.96 billion calculations.

Step-by-step explanation:

The student has asked how many calculations a computer that performs 4.66 x 108 calculations per second can complete in one minute. To find the answer, we will convert seconds to minutes and then multiply by the number of calculations the computer can perform in one second.

First, since there are 60 seconds in one minute, we multiply the calculations per second by the number of seconds in one minute:

4.66 x 108 calculations/second x 60 seconds/minute = 2.796 x 1010 calculations/minute.

This implies that the computer can perform 27.96 billion calculations in one minute, or in scientific notation, 2.796 x 1010 calculations.

Answer 2

2.796x10^10

Step-by-step explanation:

4.66x10^8 in one second

1 minute is equal to 60 seconds

Multiply 4.66x10^8 by 60

= 2.796x10^10