Question

The mass of a freight train is 9.98 ⋅ 106 kilograms. The mass of an aircraft carrier is 7.3 ⋅ 107 kilograms. Approximately how many more kilograms is the mass of an aircraft carrier than the mass of a freight train? Show your work and write your answer in scientific notation.

Answer 1

mass of freight train: 9.98 • 106
= 1057.88 kg
mass of aircraft carrier: 7.3 • 107
= 781.1 kg
difference: 1057.88 - 781.1
= 276.78 kg
= 2.7678 x 10^2