A rectangular section of wilderness will be set aside as a new wildlife refuge. Its dimensions are 6 × 103

Question

meters by 3 × 104
meters. Find the area of the land in square meters. Put your answer in scientific notation.
Responses

Answer 1

To find the area of the land, we can multiply the length and width of the rectangle.

Length = 6 × 10^3 meters
Width = 3 × 10^4 meters

Area = length × width
= (6 × 10^3 meters) × (3 × 10^4 meters)

To multiply these numbers in scientific notation, we can multiply the coefficients and add the exponents.

Area = 6 × 3 × 10^3 × 10^4 meters^2
= 18 × 10^7 meters^2

Putting the answer in scientific notation, we have:

Area = 1.8 × 10^8 meters^2