Question

The volume of one of the Great Lakes is 3.5 × 103 cubic kilometers. If there are 6.3 × 107 fish in the lake, what is the average number of fish per cubic kilometer?

Answer 1

The answer is 1.8 x 10^4, which is B

Answer 2

Answer:

$= 1.8 x 10^4$ fish per cubic kilometer

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

Volume of Great Lakes $= 3.5 x 10^3$

Number of fish in the lake $= 6.3 x 10^7$

Average number of fish per cubic kilometer

$\frac{6.3 x 10^7}{3.5 x 10^3}\\= 1.8 x 10^4$ fish per cubic kilometer