To find the number of gallons released into the ocean in one year, multiply the volume of water released per second (5.5 * 10^7 gallons) by the number of seconds in a year (3.2 * 10^7 seconds):
(5.5 * 10^7 gallons/second) * (3.2 * 10^7 seconds) = 17.6 * 10^14 gallons.
Rounding to the appropriate significant figures, the approximate number of gallons released into the ocean in one year is:
1.8 * 10^15 gallons.
The Amazon River release 5.5 * 10 to the 7th power gallons of water into the Atlantic Ocean every second. There are about 3.2 * 10 ^ 7 seconds in a year how many gallons are released into the ocean in one year express your answer with the approximate number of significant digits
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