Question

The Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida has a volume of 3,666,500 m3. Convert this volume to liters and express the result in standard exponential notation. Express the volume in liters to five significant digits. explained

Answer 1

3.6665×10⁹ liters

Explanation:

In scientific notation, the volume is ...

3.6665×10⁶ cubic meters

Each cubic meter is 10³ liters, so the volume is ...

(3.6665×10⁶ m³) × (10³ L/m³) = 3.6665×10⁹ L

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The given number has 5 significant digits, so we can use all of them.