Solomon needs to distribute 10.5 gallons of perfume among 3.5 * 10 ^ 2 containers How many gallon be in each container? Write the answer in scientific notation point)

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To find out how many gallons will be in each container, we need to divide the total amount of perfume (10.5 gallons) by the number of containers (3.5 * 10^2).

10.5 / (3.5 * 10^2)

To perform this calculation in scientific notation, we can divide the numbers and subtract the exponents:

= 10.5 / 3.5 * 10^2
= 3 * 10^(1-2) gallons
= 3 * 10^(-1) gallons

Therefore, each container will have 3 * 10^(-1) gallons.