The weight of a honeybee is 1.2 *10^-1The weight of the pollen collected by the bee on one trip is 6.0 * 10^-2
What is the combined weight of the bee and the pollen?
Express your answer in scientific notation.
The weight of the bee is 1.2 * 10^-1. The weight of the pollen is 6.0 * 10^-2. To find the combined weight, we need to add the weights.
First, we can rewrite the weights using the same power of 10:
Bee weight = 1.2 * 10^-1
Pollen weight = 0.6 * 10^-1
Now, we can add the weights:
Combined weight = 1.2 * 10^-1 + 0.6 * 10^-1
To add these numbers, we need to make sure they have the same power of 10. In this case, both numbers have a power of 10^-1, so we can add them directly:
Combined weight = (1.2 + 0.6) * 10^-1
Combined weight = 1.8 * 10^-1
Therefore, the combined weight of the bee and the pollen is 1.8 * 10^-1 in scientific notation.