Question

URGENT!

Each day we purchase 1.7 thousand ice cream cones per minute. Use the fact that there are approximately 5.3 times 10^5 minutes in a year to approximate how many ice cream cones are purchased in one year. Write your answer in scientific notation.

Answer 1

The answer to your question is: 9.01 x 10⁸ ice cream cones

Explanation:

Data

# of ice cream cones = 1700

5.3 x 10 ⁵ minutes ---------- 1 year

# of ice cream cones purchased in one year = ?

1700 cones --------------------- 1 min

x ---------------------- 5.3 x 10 ⁵ minutes

x = (5.3 x 10 ⁵)(1700)/1 = 901 000 000 ice cream cones

In scientific notation

9.01 x 10⁸ ice cream cones