SOLUTION: A 2-foot by 2-foot square that is 10 inches deep contains about 1,000,000 snowflakes.Overnight 7 inches of snow fell on a football field that is 360 feet by 160 feet. How many snow
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Question 326358: A 2-foot by 2-foot square that is 10 inches deep contains about 1,000,000 snowflakes.Overnight 7 inches of snow fell on a football field that is 360 feet by 160 feet. How many snowflakes were on the field? Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source):
Calculate the volume of the snow that contains a million flakes:
Calculate the volume of the snow that fell on the field:
Calculate the number of units that comprise the snow on the field:
Multiply the number of units times 1,000,000, or simply express the number in scientific notation. Move the decimal point on until there is 1 significant digit to the left of the decimal point, call this new number . Let be the number of places you moved the decimal point.
