Suppose an average person blinks 15 times per hour. How many times does an average person blink in a year? Write the answer in scientific notation (Hint: 1 year = 365 days, 1 day = 24 hours).(1 point)
Responses
1.314 × 105
1.314 times 10 superscript 5 baseline
1.314 × 10−5
1.314 times 10 superscript negative 5 baseline
1.314 × 10−4
1.314 times 10 superscript negative 4 baseline
1.314 × 104
To find the number of times an average person blinks in a year, we can multiply the number of blinks per hour by the number of hours in a day (24) and then by the number of days in a year (365).
15 blinks/hour * 24 hours/day * 365 days/year = 131,400 blinks/year
In scientific notation, this is written as 1.314 × 10^5.