Question

The amounts of plastic waste generated in a region during two years were 32,400,000 tons and 20,300,000 tons. What was the total plastic waste generated over these two years in the region, expressed in scientific notation?

Answer 1

just assume this two numbers

32400000 +
20300000
-----------------
52700000 what expressed in scientific notation will be 5,27 * 10^7

hope this will help you

Answer 2

Answer:
`5.27*10^(7)` tons.

Explanation:

The scientific notation is a method to write a very large or a very small number in the product of a decimal form of number [generally lies between 1 and 10] and powers of ten.

Given : The amounts of plastic waste generated in a region during two years were 32,400,000 tons and 20,300,000 tons.

Then the total amount of plastic waste generated in a region during two years is given by :-

`32,400,000+20,300,000=52,700,000`

In scientific notation ,
`52,700,000=5.27*10^(7)`

Hence, the total plastic waste generated over these two years in the region =
`5.27*10^(7)` tons.