Suppose a person drink 8 glasses of water per day and each glass contains 3x100 mL of water.

Question

(a) How many milliliters of water does the person drink in 10 years? Use 365 day per year and express your answer using scientific notation?

(b) Of the units milliliters and liters, which is more appropriate unit for this measurement ? Explain your answer?

Answer 1

8 · 300 · 365 · 10 = 8760000

 

The person drinks 8.76 x 10⁶ mL per year.

That is 8760 Liters

 

Which is more appropriate?