Question

The annual expenditure of the US federal government is approximately 4 44 trillion dollars. If a one dollar bill is 0 . 0 0 0 1 0.00010, point, 0001 meters thick, how many meters tall would a stack of 4 44 trillion one dollar bills be? Write your answer in scientific notation.

Answer 1

Answer:

A stack of 4 trillion one dollar bills will be  $4\times 10^8$ meters.

Step-by-step explanation:

The annual expenditure of the US federal government is approximately 4 trillion dollars.

We know,  1 trillion dollars = 10¹² dollars.

So,  4 trillion dollars $=(4\times 10^1^2)$ dollars.

Each one dollar bill is 0.0001 meters thick.

So, the total height of the stack of 4 trillion one dollar bills will be.....

$[0.0001\times(4\times 10^1^2)]meters\\ \\ =[10^-^4\times(4\times 10^1^2)]meters\\ \\ =(4\times 10^8) meters$