SOLUTION: Each day we purchase 130 ice cream cones per second. Use the fact that there are approximately 3.2 X 10^7 seconds in a year to approximate how many ice cream cones are purchased in

Question 321181: Each day we purchase 130 ice cream cones per second. Use the fact that there are approximately 3.2 X 10^7 seconds in a year to approximate how many ice cream cones are purchased in 1 year. Answer should be written in scientific notation.
Approx. how many ice cream cones are purchased in 1 year?
Thank you for the help.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
In words:
(ice cream cones/sec) x (sec/yr) = ice cream cones/yr

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