Answer the question below, and show work.

Question

A liter of water contains about 3.35x10^25 molecules. A certain river discharges about 2.3x10^8L of water every second. About how many molecules does the river discharge every​ minute? Write your answer in scientific notation.

Answer 1

3.35 x 10^25 = number of water molecules in a Liter, approximately

multiply that times

2.3 x 10^8 x 60

= 138 x 3.35 x 10^33

= 462.3 x 10^33

= 4.623 x 10^35