the total payroll for a baseball team is 2.37 x 10^9 dollars, and the total payroll for a football team is…
the total payroll for a baseball team is 2.37 x 10^9 dollars, and the total payroll for a football team is 2.8 x 10^11 dollars. how many more dollars is the football teams total payroll than the baseball teams total payroll? 4.3 x 10^11 dollars 2.8 x 10^11 dollars 2.8 x 10^9 dollars 0.43 x 10^9 dollars
Answer
Explanation:
Step1: Convert the baseball team's payroll to the same power of 10 as the football team's
The baseball team's payroll is (2.37\times10^{9}) dollars. We can rewrite it as (0.0237\times 10^{11}) dollars (since (10^{9}=10^{11 - 2})).
Step2: Subtract the baseball team's payroll from the football team's payroll
The football team's payroll is (2.8\times10^{11}) dollars. [ \begin{align*} 2.8\times 10^{11}-0.0237\times 10^{11}&=(2.8 - 0.0237)\times10^{11}\ &=2.7763\times10^{11}\approx2.8\times10^{11} \end{align*} ]
Answer:
(2.8\times 10^{11}) dollars