Thank you so much for an answer if you do respond. I need the answer to be in the correct number of significant figures as well as in scientific notation.
question:
By mistake, 1000.0cm3 of oil was dumped into a pond with a surface area of 850.0m2 the density of the oil was 0.850g/cm3. How thick was the resulting oil slick? Remember to use significant figures and scientific notation.
Thanks so much for your help if you do choose to help me :) and if its not too much please try and show your work i want to learn from this.
question:
By mistake, 1000.0cm3 of oil was dumped into a pond with a surface area of 850.0m2 the density of the oil was 0.850g/cm3. How thick was the resulting oil slick? Remember to use significant figures and scientific notation.
Thanks so much for your help if you do choose to help me :) and if its not too much please try and show your work i want to learn from this.
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First, convert 850.0 m^2 to cm^2 to match the volume of oil. It would come out to 8,500,000 cm^2. Now set up V=lwh (length times width times height). You are looking for thickness, which is height.
1000.0cm^3 = (8.500*10^6 cm^2)(h)
1000.0/(8.500*10^6) = h
1000.0cm^3 = (8.500*10^6 cm^2)(h)
1000.0/(8.500*10^6) = h