SOLUTION: If there are 6 * 10^9 people on the Earth and there is enough freshwater to provide each person with 8.79 * 10^5 L, how much freshwater is on the Earth?

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Question 88121: If there are 6 * 10^9 people on the Earth and there is enough freshwater
to provide each person with 8.79 * 10^5 L, how much freshwater is on the
Earth?

Answer by rapaljer(4671)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Multiply the number of people times the number of liters of water per person:

When you multiply numbers like , you add exponents!


Now, change to scientific notation by converting 52.74 to .



R^2

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