SOLUTION: Solve. The land area of China is 3.692 x 106 square miles, and that of India is 1.18 x 106 square miles. What is the total land area of China and India expressed in standard notati

Question 37383: Solve. The land area of China is 3.692 x 106 square miles, and that of India is 1.18 x 106 square miles. What is the total land area of China and India expressed in standard notation?

Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
3.692 x 10^6 square miles + 1.18 x 10^6 square miles =
4.872 x 10^6 square miles
You merely add them (without touching the powers of ten), making sure that your answer is still in proper scientific notation, which it is...
If you need it in decimal notation, that would be
4,872,000 square miles
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