A national park covers an area of 1.42×10^6 acres. A nearby national forest covers an area of 1.2×10^6 acres. What is the total number of acres in the park and the forest combined?(1 point)
Responses
2.62×106
2.62 times 10 superscript 6 baseline
1.54×106
1.54 times 10 superscript 6 baseline
15.5×106
15.5 times 10 superscript 6 baseline
2.62×1012
2.62 times 10 superscript 12 baseline
The total number of acres in the park and the forest combined is 2.62×10^6 acres.
To find the total number of acres in the park and the forest combined, you need to add the areas of the park and the forest.
The park covers an area of 1.42×10^6 acres.
The forest covers an area of 1.2×10^6 acres.
To add these two numbers, you add the numbers in front of the powers of 10, and keep the same power of 10.
1.42×10^6 + 1.2×10^6 = (1.42 + 1.2) × 10^6 = 2.62×10^6
Therefore, the total number of acres in the park and the forest combined is 2.62×10^6 acres.
To find the total number of acres in the park and the forest combined, you simply add the areas of the park and the forest together.
The area of the national park is given as 1.42×10^6 acres. This means that the area is 1.42 multiplied by 10 raised to the power of 6, or 1.42 million acres.
The area of the national forest is given as 1.2×10^6 acres, which is 1.2 million acres.
To find the total, you add these two numbers together:
1.42×10^6 + 1.2×10^6 = (1.42 + 1.2) × 10^6 = 2.62 × 10^6
So, the total number of acres in the park and the forest combined is 2.62×10^6 acres, or 2.62 million acres.