A rectangular section of wilderness will be set aside for a new wildlife refuge. It's dimensions are 5.2 × 105meters by 3.7 × 106meters. Find the area of the land in square meters.
since multiplication is commutative,
5.2 × 10^5 * 3.7 × 10^6
= 5.2*3.7 * 10^5*10^6
= 19.24 * 10^11 m^2