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

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

The Canadian football field is \( 3,350 \) square yards larger than the American football field.

We first need to express \( 3,350 \) in scientific notation:

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

Next, we add this to the area of the American football field:

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

To add these, we can combine the coefficients since they have the same exponent:

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

Calculating the sum of the coefficients:

\[ 6.4 + 3.35 = 9.75 \]

Thus, the area of the Canadian football field is:

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

Therefore, the answer in scientific notation to 2 decimal places is:

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