Question

A dripping faucet loses about 2.5×10^−4 liters of water each minute. There are approximately 3×10^5 minutes in a month. About how many liters of water are lost because of the dripping faucet in a month?

Drag and drop the values to the boxes to express the answer in scientific notation.

Answer 1

(2.5 x 10^-4) (3 x 10^5)
= (2.5 x 3)(10^-4 x 10^5)
= 7.5 x 10^1

answer
7.5 x 10^1