The Empire State Building weighs about 7.3×108pounds. The One World Trade Center building weighs about 88,200,000 pounds. What i

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The Empire State Building weighs about 7.3×108pounds. The One World Trade Center building weighs about 88,200,000 pounds. What i

s the total weight, in pounds, of these two buildings? Expressing your answer in scientific notation in the form a×10b, what are the values of a and b?

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In-s [12.5K] · Answer 1 · 2023-09-27T16:30:03+03:00

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Answer:

$8.182X10^8 $pounds$

a=8.182 and b=8

Step-by-step explanation:

Weight of the Empire State Building = $7.3X 10^8$ pounds.

Weight of the One World Trade Center building= 88,200,000 pounds.

= $8.82 X 10^7$

The addition of the two:

$=7.3X 10^8+8.82 X 10^7\\$To make it easier to add, express both as powers of 8\\=7.3X 10^8+0.882 X 10^8\\=(7.3+0.882)X10^8\\=8.182X10^8 $ pounds$

Comparing with the form: $aX10^b$

a=8.182 and b=8