Question

Last year, Summerfield Steel sold 6.5×104 pounds of steel to private businesses and 2.5×105 pounds of steel to government agencies. This year, they expect to sell 3 times that amount. How much steel would that be?

Answer 1

9.45 × 10⁵ pounds of steel

Explanation:

Last year, Summerfield Steel sold 6.5×10⁴ pounds of steel to private businesses and 2.5×10⁵ pounds of steel to government agencies.

Total amount of steel sold last year = (6.5 × 10⁴ + 2.5 × 10⁵) pounds = 315000 pounds = 3.15 × 10⁵ pounds

This year, they expect to sell 3 times that amount.

This year = 3 × 3.15 × 10⁵ pounds

= 9.45 × 10⁵ pounds of steel