Approximately how many seconds would it take for the Mississippi River (16,790 cubic meters per second) to fill the volume of the Gulf of Mexico (2,434,000,000,000,000) ? Choice A : 1 * 10^9 Choice B : 1 * 10^10 Choice C : 1 * 10^11

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Mayra Kaiser

4 September, 01:01

Approximately how many seconds would it take for the Mississippi River (16,790 cubic meters per second) to fill the volume of the Gulf of Mexico (2,434,000,000,000,000) ? Choice A : 1 * 10^9 Choice B : 1 * 10^10 Choice C : 1 * 10^11

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Leonard Santiago · Answer 1

1 * 10^11

Step-by-step explanation:

Take the gulf of mexico and divide by the rate to get the number of seconds

2,434,000,000,000,000 / 16790

Change each to scientific notation

2 * 10 ^15 / 1.6 * 10^ 4

Rounding

2 * 10^15 / 2 * 10^4

Dividing the numbers 2/2 = 1

Dividing the exponents means subtracting the powers = 10 ^ (15-4) = 10 ^1

1 * 10^11