A public aquarium is being built to contain neon tetras needs 1.25 gallons of water. The aquarium will contain 1 × 10⁵ gallons of water. How many tetras can it house? Write the answer in scientific notation.
The number of neon tetras that can be housed in the aquarium is given by dividing the total volume of water by the volume of water required for each tetra:
Number of tetras = Total volume of water / Volume of water required for each tetra
Number of tetras = 1 × 10⁵ gallons / 1.25 gallons
Number of tetras = 8 × 10⁴
Therefore, the aquarium can house 8 × 10⁴ neon tetras.
To find out how many neon tetras can be housed in the aquarium, we need to divide the total volume of water in the aquarium by the volume of water needed for each tetra.
Total volume of water in the aquarium = 1 × 10⁵ gallons
Volume of water needed for each tetra = 1.25 gallons
Number of tetras that can be housed = (Total volume of water in the aquarium) / (Volume of water needed for each tetra)
= (1 × 10⁵ gallons) / (1.25 gallons)
To divide the numbers in scientific notation, we subtract the exponents:
Number of tetras that can be housed = 8 × 10⁴
Therefore, the aquarium can house 8 × 10⁴ neon tetras.
To find out how many neon tetras can be housed in the aquarium, we need to divide the total volume of the aquarium by the volume needed for each tetra.
Given:
Volume of the aquarium = 1 × 10⁵ gallons
Volume needed for each neon tetra = 1.25 gallons
We can calculate the number of tetras using the following formula:
Number of tetras = Volume of the aquarium / Volume needed for each tetra
Substituting the given values into the formula:
Number of tetras = (1 × 10⁵ gallons) / (1.25 gallons)
To simplify this division, we can divide both the numerator and denominator by 1.25:
Number of tetras = 8 × 10⁴ tetras
Therefore, the aquarium can house 8 × 10⁴ tetras in scientific notation.