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The median would decrease because the temperature given is lower than the median
Part A
Your problem statement already shows you the conversion.
Bottles purchased: 5×10¹⁰
Bottles recycled: 8.3×10⁹
Part B
The ratio of bottles purchased to bottles recycled is
... (5×10¹⁰)/(8.3×10⁹) = 0.6×10¹ = 6.0
The number of bottles purchased is 6 times the number of bottles recycle.
They will not ever have the same amount because Adele is most likely $50 ahead of Kent each time.
When you do the multiplication you can notice that 10, 20, 30, 40 all have 0's at the end.
So that means 10 *20*30*40 = 1*2*3*4*10000 = 24*10000 = 240,000
