SOLUTION: If a computer can do a calculation in 0.000004 ​second, how​ long, in​ seconds, would it take the computer to do 6 billion ​(6 comma 000 comma 000 comma 000
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Question 1121672: If a computer can do a calculation in 0.000004 second, how long, in seconds, would it take the computer to do 6 billion (6 comma 000 comma 000 comma 000) calculations? Write your answer in scientific notation.
Found 2 solutions by MathLover1, Alan3354:
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
time taken for a calculation is seconds which is seconds
time taken for (or ) calculations will be
seconds
or seconds
and, it will be
seconds
or seconds
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If a computer can do a calculation in 0.000004 second, how long, in seconds, would it take the computer to do 6 billion (6 comma 000 comma 000 comma 000) calculations? Write your answer in scientific notation.
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You obviously have a comma key. Why write "comma?"
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t = 4e-6*6e9 seconds
t = 24e3 seconds
t = 2.4e4 seconds, or
2.4*10*4 seconds
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