SOLUTION: Help please. Each day we purchase 160 cans of beans per second. Use the fact that there are approximatly 3.2 x 10^7 seconds in a year to approximate how many cans of beans there a

Question 320565: Help please.
Each day we purchase 160 cans of beans per second. Use the fact that there are approximatly 3.2 x 10^7 seconds in a year to approximate how many cans of beans there are purchased in one year. Write your answer in scientific notation.
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hint: In one second, "we purchase 160 cans". In two seconds, we purchase 2*160=320 cans. In three seconds, we purchase 3*160=480 cans. This pattern continues. So in say 100 seconds, we'll purchase 100*160=16,000 cans.

This means that in

seconds, we'll purchase

. Ie, we're multiplying 160 and

. To do this, it helps to get 160 into scientific notation.
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