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A dripping faucet loses about 2.5×10^−4 liters of water each minute. There are approximately 3×10^5 minutes in a month.

About how many liters of water are lost because of the dripping faucet in a month?



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15 POINTS FOR YOUR TIME PLEASE HELP A dripping faucet loses about 25104 liters of water each minute There are approximately 3105 minutes in a month About how ma class=

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2.5 * 10^(-4) * 3 * 10^5 =

= 2.5 * 3 * 10^(-4) *10^5

= 7.5 * 10^(-4 + 5)

= 7.5 * 10^1
Let x liters of water is lost in a month.

2.5ₓ10⁻⁴ liters of water is lost in = 1 minute

∴ x liters of water will be lost in = 3×10⁵ minutes.
∴ x = 2.5×10⁻⁴ × 3×10⁵ = 75
∴ x = 7.5 × 10¹

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