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Question 223561: A weather balloon is launched at sea level.The balloon is carrying instruments that measure temperature during the balloon's trip.After the balloon is released, the data collected shows that the temperature dropped 0.15'F for each meter that the balloon rose. If the temperature at sea level is 50'F, determine the temperature at a distance of 60 meters above sea level.
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Question 232649: The Atlantic Ocean has a volume of 77,640,000 cubic miles. If there are roughly 7.48 gallons in one cubic foot, then how many gallons are in the Atlantic Ocean? (1 cubic mile = 5280^3 cubic feet). Express answer in scientific notation. Round answer to the nearest tenth.
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Question 232648: This is pretty confusing how would I do this
Of the 20,118 runners who started the 2006 Boston Marathon, 19,682 finished the 26.2 mile course. What is the total distance of all the runners that finished the race? How many times around the globe would these marathon runners go? Consider the circumference of the Earth to be 2.5 x 10^4 miles. Express answer in standard notation. Round answer to nearest tenth.
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Question 237838: Light travels at approximately 1.86 x 105 miles per second. The Sombrero galaxy is approximately 1.652 x 1020 miles from Earth. How long does light from the Sombrero galaxy take to travel to Earth? Give your answer in terms of seconds. Then convert your answer to years. Express your answer in scientific notation, round to the nearest hundredths place. (d=rt)
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Question 237840: Mercury's average distance from the sun is 57,910,000 km. The Earth is approximately 93,000,000 miles from the sun. What would be the distance of a trip from Mercury to Earth, via the sun? Look out for the units!!! (1 km = 0.62 mi) Express answer in scientific notation. (Round to the nearest thousandths place.)
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