Scientific notation Transitional Reasoning Download PDF

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1. 1.

   An environmental laboratory analyzes a 250-milliliter sample of municipal wastewater containing microplastic particles. Testing shows that each milliliter of the sample contains an average of $3.6 \times 10^3$ microplastic particles. If the laboratory filters the entire sample and distributes the collected particles equally into 5 test vials, how many microplastic particles are placed into each vial, expressed in scientific notation?

   • A) $1.8 \times 10^4$
   • B) $7.2 \times 10^4$
   • C) $1.8 \times 10^5$
   • D) $9.0 \times 10^5$