An American football field has an area of 6.4×10^3

square yards. A Canadian football field is 3,350 square yards larger. What is the area of a Canadian football field? Write your answer in scientific notation to 2 decimal places.(1 point)

1 answer

To find the area of a Canadian football field, you need to add 3,350 square yards to the area of the American football field.

  1. The area of the American football field is \( 6.4 \times 10^3 \) square yards.
  2. The area of the Canadian football field is:

\[ 6.4 \times 10^3 + 3,350 \]

First, let's convert 3,350 to scientific notation.

3,350 can be expressed as:

\[ 3.35 \times 10^3 \]

Now we can add the two values:

\[ 6.4 \times 10^3 + 3.35 \times 10^3 = (6.4 + 3.35) \times 10^3 \]

Calculating \(6.4 + 3.35\):

\[ 6.4 + 3.35 = 9.75 \]

Thus, the area of the Canadian football field is:

\[ 9.75 \times 10^3 \]

Now, writing this in scientific notation to two decimal places gives us:

\[ \boxed{9.75 \times 10^3} \]

So, the area of the Canadian football field is \(9.75 \times 10^3\) square yards.