Question

a water desalination plant can produce 2.46×10^6 gallons of water in one day. how many gallons can it produce in 4 days? write your answer in scientific notation.

Explanation:

Step1: Identify the daily - production and number of days

The daily production is $2.46\times 10^{6}$ gallons and the number of days is 4.

Step2: Calculate the total production

We multiply the daily production by the number of days. So, $(2.46\times 10^{6})\times4=(2.46\times4)\times10^{6}$.
$2.46\times4 = 9.84$. Then the total production is $9.84\times 10^{6}$ gallons.

Answer:

$9.84\times 10^{6}$