Question

In a state with a population of 4,000,000 the average citizen spends $6,000 on housing each year. What is the total spent on housing for the state? Express answer in scientific notation.

Answer 1

Given:

There are given that the total population in a state is 4,000,000.

Explanation:

According to the question:

The total population is 4,000,000 and the average citizen spends $6000 on housing each year.

Then,

The scientific notation for the population is:

$4\times10^6$

And,

The scientific notation of the given money is:

$6\times10^3$

Now,

The total spent on housing is:

$4\times10^6\times6\times10^3=24\times10^9$

Then,

$24\times10^9=2.4\times10^{10}$

Final answer:

Hence, the total spent on housing for the state is shown below:

$\begin{equation*} 2.4\times10^{10} \end{equation*}$