No, Dale is not correct.
If the cargo ship carries 6×10^6 pounds of material and each load can weigh 3000 pounds, we can find the total number of loads the ship carries by dividing the total weight of the material by the weight of each load:
Total number of loads = 6×10^6 pounds / 3000 pounds/load
= 2×10^3 loads
Therefore, the total weight of the materials is 2×10^3 times the weight of one load, not 2×10^2 times as Dale stated.
A cargo ship carries 6×10 to the power of 6 pounds of material the material are packed into loads that can each weigh 3000 pounds dale determines the total weight of the materials is 2×10 to the power of two As great as the weight of one of the loads is dale correct?
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To determine how many times has a great total weight of materials is then the weight of one load divide blank rewrite 3000 in scientific notation as blank, choose the quotient by dividing whole numbers, and then dividing the powers of 10 by blank, the exponents, the total weight of the materials is blank, correct fill in the blanks base on the question I just asked
To determine how many times the total weight of materials is greater than the weight of one load, divide the total weight of the materials by the weight of one load.
3000 in scientific notation is 3 × 10^3 (when expressed as a whole number divided by a power of 10).
Dividing whole numbers 6 × 10^6 and 3 × 10^3 gives 2 × 10^3 (when dividing the numbers and simplifying the powers of 10).
Therefore, the total weight of the materials is 2 × 10^3 times the weight of one load, which is 3000 pounds. This implies the total weight of the materials is 6,000,000 pounds, which means Dale is correct.
3000 in scientific notation is 3 × 10^3 (when expressed as a whole number divided by a power of 10).
Dividing whole numbers 6 × 10^6 and 3 × 10^3 gives 2 × 10^3 (when dividing the numbers and simplifying the powers of 10).
Therefore, the total weight of the materials is 2 × 10^3 times the weight of one load, which is 3000 pounds. This implies the total weight of the materials is 6,000,000 pounds, which means Dale is correct.