A bacteriologist estimates that there are 5.2×10^4 bacteria growing in each of 20 petri dishes. About how many bacteria in total are growing in the petri dishes? Express your answer in scientific notation

1X10^6

or

1.04x10^6

Step-by-step explanation:

You start by multiplying 5.2x10^4 by 20 because there are 20 petri dishes with this amount growing, and you get 1,040,000. Now we need to convert it to scientific notation. We know that 1,000,000 is 10^6, so we would move the decimal to the left 6 places and get 1.04x10^6. This is in scientific notation, but we need to keep in mind significant figures (sig figs), so your final answer would be 1x10^6, if that is not what your instructor is looking for, try 1.04x10^6.

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