A certain computer can perform 10^5 calculations per second. How many calculations can it perform in 10 seconds?
To calculate the number of calculations a computer can perform in a given time, you need to multiply the number of calculations per second by the number of seconds.
In this case, the computer can perform 10^5 (or 100,000) calculations per second. To find out how many calculations it can perform in 10 seconds, multiply this number by 10:
10^5 calculations/second * 10 seconds = 10^6 calculations
So, the computer can perform 10^6 calculations in 10 seconds.