Question
The weight of a honeybee is 1.2 *10^-1The weight of the pollen collected by the bee on one trip is 6.0 * 10^-2
What is the combined weight of the bee and the pollen?
Express your answer in scientific notation.
What is the combined weight of the bee and the pollen?
Express your answer in scientific notation.
Answers
GPT 3.5
The weight of the bee is 1.2 * 10^-1. The weight of the pollen is 6.0 * 10^-2. To find the combined weight, we need to add the weights.
First, we can rewrite the weights using the same power of 10:
Bee weight = 1.2 * 10^-1
Pollen weight = 0.6 * 10^-1
Now, we can add the weights:
Combined weight = 1.2 * 10^-1 + 0.6 * 10^-1
To add these numbers, we need to make sure they have the same power of 10. In this case, both numbers have a power of 10^-1, so we can add them directly:
Combined weight = (1.2 + 0.6) * 10^-1
Combined weight = 1.8 * 10^-1
Therefore, the combined weight of the bee and the pollen is 1.8 * 10^-1 in scientific notation.
First, we can rewrite the weights using the same power of 10:
Bee weight = 1.2 * 10^-1
Pollen weight = 0.6 * 10^-1
Now, we can add the weights:
Combined weight = 1.2 * 10^-1 + 0.6 * 10^-1
To add these numbers, we need to make sure they have the same power of 10. In this case, both numbers have a power of 10^-1, so we can add them directly:
Combined weight = (1.2 + 0.6) * 10^-1
Combined weight = 1.8 * 10^-1
Therefore, the combined weight of the bee and the pollen is 1.8 * 10^-1 in scientific notation.