Question

The population of fish in a take was approximately 5.4 * 10 ^ 4 in 2012. The next year, 2013population tripled What was the opproximate population of fish in this in 2013?

Answer 1

162,000 fish

Explanation

10^4=10,000

10,000 x 5.4 = 54,000

Tripled means the number will be multiplied by 3.

54,000 x 3 = 162,000

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