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Volume of the Oceans The average ocean depth is 3.7 × 103 m, and the area of the oceans is 3.6 × 1014 m2. What is the total volume of the ocean in liters? (One cubic meter contains 1000 liters.)
The total volume of the ocean in liters.
Answer to Problem 97E
The total volume of the ocean is
Explanation of Solution
Given that, the average ocean depth is
It is known that, one cubic meter contains 1000 liters.
Substitute
Use the law of exponents and simplify the above expression,
Now, move decimal 1 place to the left and add 1 to the power of 10 to write the above quantity in proper scientific notation as shown below.
It is known that,
Use the above unit conversion of
Use the law of exponents and further simplify the above expression.
Therefore, the total volume of the ocean is
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