3. In 2002, Home Depot’s sales amounted to $58,200,000,000. In 2006, its sales were $90,800,000,000.
a. Write Home Depot’s 2002 sales and 2006 sales in scientific notation.
You can find the percent of growth in Home Depot’s sales from 2002 to 2006 by following these steps:
• Find the increase in sales from 2002 to 2006.
• Find what percent that increase is of the 2002 sales.
b. What was the percent growth in Home Depot’s sales from 2002 to 2006? Do all your work by using scientific notation.
3a. 5.82X10^10 and 9.08x10^10.
b. Growth = 9.08 X10^10-5.82 X10^10=
3.26 x10^10.
%Growth=(3.26x10^10/5.82x10^10)!00
=56%.
a. To write Home Depot's 2002 sales and 2006 sales in scientific notation, we need to convert the numbers into a form where there is one digit to the left of the decimal point.
2002 sales: $58,200,000,000 = $5.82 × 10^10
2006 sales: $90,800,000,000 = $9.08 × 10^10
b. To find the percent growth in Home Depot's sales from 2002 to 2006, we can use the following steps:
Step 1: Find the increase in sales from 2002 to 2006.
Increase in sales = 2006 sales - 2002 sales
Increase in sales = ($9.08 × 10^10) - ($5.82 × 10^10)
Please continue with the calculation.