Question

A large waterfall is managed so that a minimum of 110,000 cubic feet of water per second sec) fow over the fals. Find the minimum amount of water that will tow over the falils in a 24-hour period during tourist season. Write your answer in scientific notation Aminimum of?cubic feet ofwater flow over thefallsina 24-lourperiod Use scientific notation. Use the multüiplication symbol in the math palette as needed)

Answer 1

Answer:

9.504×10⁹ ft³

Step-by-step explanation:

We are told the amount of water in cubic feet per second.  We need it in cubic feet per hour, then multiply that amount by 24 to get the cubic feet of water that falls in a 24-hr period.  Converting the seconds to hours:

$\frac{110,000ft^3}{sec}*\frac{3600sec}{1hr}$

The seconds label cancels out leaving us with a label in cubic feet per hour.  That number, NOT in scientific notation (we'll do that at the end) is:

396000000 cubic feet per hour.

Multiply that by 24 and you get:

9504000000 cubic feet or

9.504×10⁹ cubic feet