Question

On average, a commercial airplane burns about 4.0 × 103 mL of gasoline per second. There can be as many as 5 × 103 airplanes in the air in the United States at any given time.

About how many milliliters of gasoline are burned per minute by commercial airplanes in flight in the United States?

1.2 × 10___ mL

Answer 1

@badmood

Answer 2

5 x 10^3

Answer 3

okay this is using scientific notation do you know how it works?

Answer 4

yes i know how scientific notation works

Answer 5

alright so what is \[(4.0*10^{3})*(5*10^{3})*60\]

Answer 6

idk? are u saying 4.000 x 5.00 x 60

Answer 7

\[(4.0*10^{3})=4000, (5*10^{3})=5000\]
so (4000)*(5000)*60=?

Answer 8

so i have to multiply it?

Answer 9

yes multiply (4000)*(5000)*60

Answer 10

1.200000000?

Answer 11

remove the decimal and it is correct

Answer 12

ok thank u very much

Answer 13

then put into scientific notation and the answer is ?

Answer 14

12 x 10^9

Answer 15

Yes correct

Answer 16

so the answer to the problem is ?

Answer 17

It's 9

Answer 18

Correct any more problems?

Answer 19

i think that's all

Answer 20

thank u

Answer 21

Alright then.

Answer 22

if i need help i will tell you

Answer 23

Correct any more problems?