Answer:
75 liters of water is lost because of the dripping faucet in a month.
Step-by-step explanation:
Given : A dripping faucet losses [tex]2.5 \times 10^{-4}[/tex] liters of water each minute.
Also , a month has approximately [tex]3 \times 10^5[/tex] minutes.
Total liters of water lost because of the dripping faucet in a month = water loss each minute × minutes in a month
[tex]=2.5 \times10^{-4}\times3 \times10^5[/tex]
Using property of exponents,[tex]a^xa^y=a^{x+y}[/tex],
[tex]=2.5 \times3 \times10^{(5-4)}[/tex]
[tex]=7.5 \times10^{1}[/tex]
[tex]=75[/tex]
Thus, 75 liters of water is lost because of the dripping faucet in a month.
