The weight of a particular coin is 4x10^-3 pound, and the weight of a Cactus is 2x10^2 pounds. How many time greater is the weight id the cactus than the weight of the coin?
• 20 times greater
• 500 times greater
• 50,000 times greater
• 200,000 times greater
Please show your work!
To find out how many times greater the weight of the cactus is than the weight of the coin, we can divide the weight of the cactus by the weight of the coin:
(2x10^2 pounds) / (4x10^-3 pounds)
= (2x10^2) / (4x10^-3)
= 2x10^2 / 4x10^-3
= (2/4) x (10^2 / 10^-3)
= 0.5 x 10^5
= 5 x 10^4
Therefore, the weight of the cactus is 50,000 times greater than the weight of the coin.
So the correct answer is:
• 50,000 times greater