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 first need to calculate it based on the area of an American football field and the additional area specified.

  1. The area of an American football field is given as \( 6.4 \times 10^3 \) square yards.
  2. The additional area for a Canadian football field is \( 3,350 \) square yards.

Now, we can perform the calculation:

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

To combine these, we need to express \( 3,350 \) in scientific notation.

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

Now we can add the two areas together:

\[ 6.4 \times 10^3 + 3.35 \times 10^3 = (6.4 + 3.35) \times 10^3 = 9.75 \times 10^3 \]

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

The final answer is:

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