Question

The population of mathville is 5.6×10³. The population of algeville is 1.3×10⁴. How many people are the in algeville ?

PLZZ HELP !!

Answer 1

The population is the amount of people, so there would be \[1.3*10^4\] people. Which is the same as 130000.

Answer 2

Should I divide or subtract since its asking how many "more" people are there in algeville ?

Answer 3

subtract to find the difference between the two populations

Answer 4

@skullpatrol since its subtracting scientific notation it would be 5.6×10³ - 1.3×10⁴ ?

Answer 5

yes

Answer 6

You should subtract 1.3×10⁴-5.6×10³

Answer 7

but change the numbers so they are easier to work with