Question

professional athlete signed a contract that would pay her $1.3x10 per month. How much money will the athlete make at the end of 5 years? The athlete will make $ [ Tin 5 years. (Use scientific notation. Use the multiplication symbol in the math palette as needed.)

Answer 1

STEP 1

We convert the 5 years to months.

Since there are 12 months in 1 year, therefore in 5 years we would have:

12 x 5 years= 60 months

STEP 2

Since the athlete would earn $1.3 x 10^6 per month

In 5 years she would earn

$\begin{gathered} 1.3\times10^6\times\text{ 60} \\ 78\times10^6 \\ \\ \end{gathered}$

STEP 3

we would convert the solution to scientific notation, therefore the answer is

$7.8\times10^7$

In conclusion, the answer is $ 7.8 x 10^7