Question

Each year, roughly 10^6 computer programmers each make about $10^5. How much money is this all together?

Express your answer both as a power of 10 and as a dollar amount.

Answer 1

$ 10¹¹.

Explanation:

From the question given above, the following data were obtained:

1 computer programmer makes roughly $ 10⁵ yearly.

Thus, we can obtain the total amount made by 10⁶ programmers yearly as illustrated below:

1 computer programmer makes roughly $ 10⁵ yearly.

Therefore, 10⁶ programmers will make = 10⁶ × $ 10⁵ = $ 10¹¹

Thus, total amount made by 10⁶ programmers yearly is $ 10¹¹.