SOLUTION: Solve using the five-step problem-solving process. Show all steps necessary to arrive at your solution. Express the answer in scientific notation to two decimals places unless req

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Question 294751: Solve using the five-step problem-solving process. Show all steps necessary to arrive at your solution. Express the answer in scientific notation to two decimals places unless requested otherwise.
A computer can do one calculation in 1.4 × 10-7 seconds. How long would it take the computer to do a trillion (1012) calculations? (Round to one decimal place.)

Answer by richwmiller(17219) About Me  (Show Source):
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10^12*1.4*10^(-7)
1.4*10^5 seconds
10^3 is a 1000 seconds
60 seconds in a minutes and 60 minutes in an hour
1.4*10^5 seconds/3.6*10^3=.3888 *10^2 hours about 39 hours