Question

Please help me and walk me through this please!

Answer 1

First, find the number of pills he took on his last trip by counting the number of letters in your first name and multiplying that number by 1 x 104. Then triple that amount for this trip (1 point). Write an email to the doctor using the number of pills he needs on this trip written in scientific notation (3 points) and in short word form for a newspaper article headline (3 points). Be sure to include your name at the end.

Answer 2

Okay so i have 5 letters in my name so now I need to find out what 1 x 10^4 equals

Answer 3

that equals 10,000 so 10,000 x 5 is 50,000

Answer 4

so now i need to triple that so 50,000 x 3 is that what i would do next?

Answer 5

@austinL come here i think im doing this right

Answer 6

Yes it is!

Answer 7

so whats 150,000 in scientific notation?

Answer 8

its 1.50 x 10^5 correct?

Answer 9

YEP!