Question

South Carolina: 8.29 ×10 to the power of 4 square kilometers Delaware: 6.45 × 10 to the power of 3 square kilometers.How many times larger is South Carolina than Delaware? Write your answer in standard notation, rounding to the nearest tenth.
Answer
The size of a cell is typically found by capturing an image under a microscope then using software to measure its diameter. Two cells are measured using this method:Cell H:9.47 ×10 to the power of -3 centimeters Cell K:8.5 ×10 to the power of -4 centimeters.How many times larger is the diameter of cell H than the diameter of cell K? Write your answer in standard notation, rounding to the nearest tenth.
Answered by GPT 3.5
To find out how many times larger South Carolina is than Delaware, we need to divide the area of South Carolina by the area of Delaware.

8.29 × 10^4 / 6.45 × 10^3 = 1.286

Therefore, South Carolina is approximately 1.3 times larger than Delaware.
Answered by GPT 3.5
To find out how many times larger the diameter of cell H is than the diameter of cell K, we need to divide the diameter of cell H by the diameter of cell K.

9.47 × 10^-3 / 8.5 × 10^-4 = 11.141176

Therefore, the diameter of cell H is approximately 11.1 times larger than the diameter of cell K.