Question

The two largest mammals on Earth are the Blue Whale and the African Elephant.
The adult male blue whale weighs about 170 tonnes, where 1 tonne is 2,000kg. That is 170,000 kg.
In scientific notation, the weight of the african elephant is 9.07x 10^n kilograms, What is the value of the exponent n?

Answer 1

Answer:

n=5

Step-by-step explanation:

170 tonnes, where 1 tonne is 1,000kg. That is 170,000 kg.

170 x 1000 = 170000 = 1.7 x 10^5 kg

Since African elephant is also a largest mammal we can assume as 907 tonnes

907 x 1000 = 907000 = 9.7 x 10^5 kg