An American football field has an area of 6.4×103

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)
×103
square yards

1 answer

To find the area of a Canadian football field, we start with the area of the American football field, which is given as \( 6.4 \times 10^3 \) square yards.

The Canadian football field is 3,350 square yards larger, so we need to add this amount to the area of the American football field:

\[ \text{Area of Canadian football field} = 6.4 \times 10^3 + 3,350 \]

First, we need to express 3,350 in scientific notation.

\[ 3,350 = 3.35 \times 10^3 \]

Now, we can rewrite the equation:

\[ \text{Area of Canadian football field} = 6.4 \times 10^3 + 3.35 \times 10^3 \]

Since the bases are the same (both are powers of \( 10^3 \)), we can add the coefficients:

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

First, calculate \( 6.4 + 3.35 \):

\[ 6.4 + 3.35 = 9.75 \]

So, the area of the Canadian football field is:

\[ 9.75 \times 10^3 \text{ square yards} \]

This is already in scientific notation and to two decimal places.

Thus, the final answer is:

\[ \boxed{9.75 \times 10^3} \text{ square yards} \]