A company used about 7.4 x 105 sheets of paper in a month. Of the paper used during the month, the accounting department used about 8.9 x 103 of the sheets. About how many sheets of paper were used by other departments during the month?

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David Daniels

30 May, 12:46

A company used about 7.4 x 105 sheets of paper in a month. Of the paper used during the month, the accounting department used about 8.9 x 103 of the sheets. About how many sheets of paper were used by other departments during the month?

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Carl Vaughan · Answer 1

So (7.4*105) - (8.9*103) (The sum of all departments) - (The sum of the accounting department)

(7.4*105) - (8.9*103) = (777) - (916.7) = (-139.7), not sure, did you write the problem wrong? If the total of the company is less than what the account dept used, something is off.