Question

A rectangular section of wilderness will be set aside as a new wildlife refuge. Its dimensions are 6 × 103

meters by 3 × 104
meters. Find the area of the land in square meters. Put your answer in scientific notation.(1 point)
Responses

9.0 × 109
9.0 × 109

18 × 107
18 × 107

1.8 × 108
1.8 × 108

90 × 108

Explain the answer

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

To find the area of the rectangular section of wilderness, we need to multiply its length by its width. The length of the section is given as 6 × 103 meters and the width is given as 3 × 104 meters.

Multiplying these values together, we get:

(6 × 10^3) × (3 × 10^4)

When multiplying numbers in scientific notation, we can add the exponents and multiply the coefficients separately. The coefficient for this multiplication is 6 × 3 = 18.

The exponents for this multiplication are 3 + 4 = 7.

So, we have:

18 × 10^7

The final answer, in scientific notation, is 18 × 10^7 square meters.