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, you need to add the area of the American football field to the additional area specified:

  1. Area of the American football field = \( 6.4 \times 10^3 \) square yards.
  2. Additional area for the Canadian football field = 3,350 square yards.

First, we need to convert 3,350 square yards into scientific notation:

\( 3,350 = 3.35 \times 10^3 \) square yards.

Now, we can calculate the area of the Canadian football field:

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

Combining these:

\[ = (6.4 + 3.35) \times 10^3 \] \[ = 9.75 \times 10^3 \text{ square yards} \]

Thus, the area of a Canadian football field in scientific notation to 2 decimal places is:

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