Question 1196410: The most common roach in the United States is the German cockroach. In a
year, a home can be infested with about 30,000 cockroaches. About how many
cockroaches would infest a home in one month?
a 2.5 × 10^3
b 2.5 × 10^4
c 3.6 × 10^4
d 3.6 × 10^5
Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, MathTherapy:
Answer by ikleyn(52775)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! .
To answer this question, an appropriate mathematical model is needed.
Without an adequate model, your question makes no sense.
What I want to say is that an exponential growth model will give different answer than a linear model.
Since the model is not specified in the post, the question makes no sense.
Answer by MathTherapy(10551)  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The most common roach in the United States is the German cockroach. In a
year, a home can be infested with about 30,000 cockroaches. About how many
cockroaches would infest a home in one month?
a 2.5 × 10^3
b 2.5 × 10^4
c 3.6 × 10^4
d 3.6 × 10^5
Number in a year: 30,000
Number in a month: 
Looking at the answers, you now need to convert into SCIENTIFIC NOTATION form.
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