Solomon needs to distribute 10.5 gallons of perfume among 3.5x10^2 containers. How many gallons of perfume will be in each container? Write the answer in scientific notation.

Answer 1

To find the number of gallons of perfume in each container, we divide the total amount of perfume by the number of containers:

10.5 gallons / (3.5 x 10^2 containers) = 0.03 gallons/container

Converting the answer to scientific notation, we have:

0.03 gallons/container = 3 x 10^-2 gallons/container