last year mc donald sold 5*10^9 packet of french fries. if we put french friesbend to end estimate the total distance? calculate the order of magnitude?compare the distance? i need to see details in calculations plz thank you

How long is the average fry?

How many fries in the average packet?

average packet 25

the length is 2cm covert to m

total length:

5*10^9 pkg * 25 fry/pkg * 2cm/fry * 1m/100cm = 2.5*10^9 m

2cm/fry? how puny!

To estimate the total distance covered by the packets of French fries, we'll need to know the length of a single packet. Let's assume that each packet of French fries is approximately 10 cm long.

First, we calculate the total distance covered by a single packet of French fries:
Distance per packet = Length of a packet = 10 cm

Next, we'll calculate the total distance covered by all the packets of French fries sold:
Total distance = Distance per packet * Number of packets sold

Given that McDonald's sold 5 * 10^9 packets of French fries last year, we can now calculate the total distance:
Total distance = 10 cm * 5 * 10^9 packets

To simplify the calculations, we convert 10 cm to meters:
Total distance = (10 cm / 100) m * 5 * 10^9 packets
= 0.1 m * 5 * 10^9 packets

To perform the multiplication, we multiply the numbers before and after the multiplication sign separately:
Total distance = (0.1 * 5) m * (10^9 packets)

Now, we calculate the values within the parentheses:
Total distance = 0.5 m * (10^9 packets)

To multiply by 10^9, we shift the decimal point 9 places to the right:
Total distance = 0.5 m * 1,000,000,000 packets
= 500,000,000 m

The total distance covered by the packets of French fries is 500,000,000 meters.

Next, let's determine the order of magnitude of the distance. The order of magnitude of a number is the power of 10 that represents the approximate scale of the number.

Since the distance is 500,000,000 meters, we can express it in scientific notation:
500,000,000 = 5 * 10^8

Therefore, the order of magnitude of the distance covered by the packets of French fries is 8.

Finally, let's compare the distance covered by the packets of French fries to some known distances:
- The distance between the Earth and the Moon is approximately 384,400,000 meters, which is smaller than 500,000,000 meters.
- The distance between the Earth and the Sun is approximately 149,600,000,000 meters, which is much greater than 500,000,000 meters.

Thus, the distance covered by the packets of French fries is closer to the scale of the distance between the Earth and the Moon rather than the distance between the Earth and the Sun.