Question

The Chesapeake Bay holds about 18 trillion gallons of water. The bay covers 4,480 square miles or 2,867,200 acres. Each acre can hold 750,000 oysters. Each oyster can filter 50 gallons of water each day. Can there be enough oysters to filter the whole Chesapeake Bay in one day? How is this number impacted by the bay's conditions?

Answer 1

There are enough oysters to filter the whole Chesapeake Bay in one day.

The numbers can be affected by the water temperature and the cleanliness of the water.

Are there enough oysters?

The total number of water that can be filtered by the oysters is a function of the total amount of oysters in the bay and the quantity of water they can filter.

Total amount of water they can filter = oysters per acre x total acre x total gallons they can filter each day

(2.9 x$10^{6}$) x (7.5 x $10^{5}$) x (5 x 10) = 1.0875 x $10^{14}$

The gallons of water in the bay in standard form = 1.8 x $10^{13}$

To learn more about standard form, please check: https://brainly.com/question/25334755

#SPJ1