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An empty dump truck weighs about 2.8 x 10^5 pounds. How much does it weigh if 15,300 pounds of trash is added. The answer should be in scientific notation.

An empty dump truck weighs about 2.8 x 10^5 pounds. How much does it weigh if 15,300 pounds of trash is added. The answer should be in scientific notation.
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An empty dump truck weighs about 2.8 x 10^5 pounds. How much does it weigh if 15,300 pounds of trash is added. The answer should be in scientific notation.

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to find the total weight, you would add the weight of the empty dump truck (2.8 x 10^5 pounds) to the weight of the trash added (15,300 pounds). The result in scientific notation is 2.8153 x 10^5 pounds.
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