SOLUTION: A machine in a soft drink bottling factory caps 3 bottle per second. How many bottles can it cap in 15 hours? A. 2.7 X 10 to the third power B. 1.6 x 10 to the fourth power C

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Question 81585: A machine in a soft drink bottling factory caps 3 bottle per second. How many bottles can it cap in 15 hours?
A. 2.7 X 10 to the third power
B. 1.6 x 10 to the fourth power
C. 1.8 x 10 to the fourth power
D. 1.6 x 10 to the fifth power

Answer by tutorcecilia(2152) About Me  (Show Source):
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Convert hours to seconds:
%2815hours+%2A%283600+seconds%2F1+hour%29%29=54,000 seconds
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(54,000 seconds)*(3 bottles/1 second)=162,000
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Re-written in scientific notation:
162,000
%281.62+%2A+10%5E5%29