Question

The Mississippi River flows at 16,790 cubic meters per second.

The Gulf of Mexico has an estimated volume of 2,434,000,000,000,000

Approximately how many seconds would it take for the Mississippi River to fill the volume of the Gulf of Mexico?

Please list your answer in scientific notation.

Answer 1

2 x 10^4 in scientific notation

Explanation:

Answer 2

`Time=1.4496724240619416319237641453246* 10^(11) seconds`

Explanation:

`Time=\frac {2,434,000,000,000,000}{16790}=144967242406.19416319237641453246 seconds`

In scientific notation

`Time=1.4496724240619416319237641453246* 10^(11) seconds`