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Although the actual amount varies by season and time of day, the average volume of water that flows over the falls each second is 3.1x10^5 gallons. How much water flows over the falls in an hour? Write the result in scientific notation. (Hint: 1 hour equals 3600 seconds)______ gallons of water flows over the falls in an hour. (Use the multiplication symbol in the math palette as needed.)

Name: although the actual amount varies by season and time of day the average volume of water that flows over the falls each second is 31x105 gallons how much water flows over the falls in an hour 4196
Uploaded: 2022-08-22T18:36:36-08:00
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Description: although the actual amount varies by season and time of day the average volume of water that flows over the falls each second is 31x105 gallons how much water flows over the falls in an hour 4196

          Although the actual amount varies by season and time of day, the average volume of water that flows over the falls each second is       3.1x10^5 gallons. How much water flows over the falls in an hour? Write the result in scientific notation. (Hint: 1 hour equals 3600 seconds)______ gallons of water flows over the falls in an hour.    (Use the multiplication symbol in the math palette as needed.)

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Elementary and Intermediate Algebra

Alan S. Tussy, R. David Gustafson 5th Edition

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08/22/2022

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\[3.1 \times 10^5 \text{ gallons/second} \times 3600 \text{ seconds/hour} = 1.116 \times 10^9 \text{ gallons/hour}\] ** Show more…

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Although the actual amount varies by season and time of day, the average volume of water that flows over the falls each second is 3.1x10^5 gallons. How much water flows over the falls in an hour? Write the result in scientific notation. (Hint: 1 hour equals 3600 seconds)______ gallons of water flows over the falls in an hour. (Use the multiplication symbol in the math palette as needed.)