Question

An environmental scientist estimated the number of drops of water in two different jugs. He estimated that the smaller jug contains 6,010,000 drops of water and the larger jug contains 65,599,999.99999999 drops of water. What is the difference between the number of drops of water in the larger jug and the number of drops of water in the smaller jug?

Answer 1

`Difference = 59589999.99999999\ drops`

Explanation:

Given

`Smaller\ Jug = 6,010,000\ drops`

`Larger\ Jug = 65,599,999.99999999\ drops`

Required

Determine the difference

This is calculated by subtracting the smaller jugs from the larger one

i.e.

`Difference = Larger\ Jug - Smaller\ Jug`

`Difference = 65,599,999.99999999\ drops - 6,010,000\ drops`

`Difference = 59589999.99999999\ drops`

When approximated

`Difference = 59590000\ drops`