A rectangular section of wilderness will be set aside as a new wildlife refuge. It's dimensions are 6 × 10³ meters by 3 × 10⁴ meters. Find the area of the land in square meters. Put you answer in scientific notation.

Answer 1

To find the area of the land, we multiply the length by the width.

The length is 6 × 10³ meters.
The width is 3 × 10⁴ meters.

Therefore, the area is (6 × 10³) × (3 × 10⁴) = 18 × 10⁷ square meters.

We can write this in scientific notation as 1.8 × 10⁸ square meters.