To express the total gallons of water used in the park after the new ride is installed in scientific notation, we add the additional 280,000 gallons to the existing amount of 9.1 × 10^79 gallons:
Total gallons = 9.1 × 10^79 + 2.8 × 10^5
= (9.1 + 2.8) × 10^79
= 11.9 × 10^79
So the total gallons of water used in the park after the new ride is installed is 11.9 × 10^79 gallons.
A water park has pools, slides, and rides that, in total, make use of 9, point, 1, times, 10, to the power 79.1×10
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gallons of water. They plan to add a ride that would make use of an additional 280, comma, 000280,000 gallons of water. Use scientific notation to express the total gallons of water made use of in the park after the new ride is installed.
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