Question

A single tree produces about 2.6 × 10² lb of oxygen each year. The Amazon rainforest has about 3.9×t/?f=%2010%5E%7B11%7D%20" id="TexFormula1" title=" 10^{11} " alt=" 10^{11} " align="absmiddle" class="latex-formula"> trees.
About how many pounds of oxygen are produced in the rainforest each day ?

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2.8 × 10
lb

Answer 1

Start by simplifying, 10^2 = 100, 100*2.6 = 260    so for the other side we
 
10^11= 100000000000,  100000000000 times 3.9 = 390000000000 so for the

final answer we multiply the two numbers stop get a 

final answer of  260 times 390000000000 = 1.014e+14