Question

On average 113,204 aluminum cans are recycled in a minute. Approximately how many cans will be recycled in 16 days? (Express your answer in scientific notation. ) a. 2. 61 times 10 Superscript 9 aluminum cans b. 4. 35 times 10 Superscript 7 aluminum cans c. 1. 09 times 10 Superscript 8 aluminum cans d. 1. 63 times 10 Superscript 8 aluminum cans.

Answer 1

The number of cans that can be recycled in 16 days, written in scientific notation is 2.6 x 10⁹.

What are Scientific notations?

The way through which a very small or a very large number can be written in shorthand. In scientific notations when a number between 1 and 10s is multiplied by a power of 10.

For example, 6,500,000,000,000 can be written as 6.5x 10¹².

Given to us

Average 113,204 aluminum cans are recycled in a minute.

Firstly, in order to find the number of cans that can be recycled in 16 days, we need to find the number of minutes in 16 days. we know that 1 day has 24 hours where each hour has 60 minutes. therefore,

Number of minutes in 16 days = 16 x 24 x 60

Number of minutes in 16 days = 23,040 minutes

As it is given that on an average 113,204 number of cans can be recycled in a minute, therefore,

Total number of can that can be recycled = 113,204 x 23,040

                                                                      = 2,608,220,160

                                                                       = 2.6 x 10⁹

Hence, the number of cans that can be recycled in 16 days, written in scientific notation is 2.6 x 10⁹.

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