The volume of an Olympic Swimming Pool is 2.5 x 109

kg. The volume of Lake Lanier is 3 x 1013
. How many times larger is Lake Lanier?
Responses

7.5 times larger
7.5 times larger

1.2 x 104
= 15,000 times larger
1.2 x 104 = 15,000 times larger

1/2 times larger
1/2 times larger

8.3 x 1022
times larger

4 answers

The answer is 1.2 x 104 = 15,000 times larger.
2.5*10^9
and
3*10^13?
if so then
3*10^13 / 2.5*10^9 = (3/2.5) * 10^(13-9) = 1.2 * 10^4
= 12,000 times larger
In other words I think that 15,000 is a typo.
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