Question

The total home attendance for a professional basketball team in 2010 was about 8.2 x 10 5 (scientific notation) and in 2008 was about 7.175 x 10 5 how many times as Large was the attendance in 2010 as 2008

Answer 1

1.115 times larger.

Explanation:

Given:

The total home attendance for a professional basketball team in 2010 was about =
`8.2*10^(5)`

The total home attendance for a professional basketball team in 2008 was about =
`7.175*10^(5)`

Question asked:

How many times as Large was the attendance in 2010 as 2008 ?

Solution:

To calculate number of times the attendance is larger in 2010 than in 2008, we will simply divide total home attendance in 2010 by total home attendance in 2008,

`(8.2*10^(5) )/(7.175*10^(5) ) \ [( a^(m))/(a^(n) ) =a^(m-n) ] \\\\`

`(8.2*10^(5-5) )/(7.175) \\ \\ (8*10^(0) )/(7.175) \ [a^(0) =1]\\ \\ (8)/(7.175) = 1.115`

Thus, the total home attendance in 2010 is 1.115 times larger than in 2008.