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Write Home Depot’s 2002 sales and 2006 sales in scientific notation.

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  1. In 2002, Home Depot’s sales amounted to $58,200,000,000. In 2006, its sales were $90,800,000,000.

 

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    1. Write Home Depot’s 2002 sales and 2006 sales in scientific notation.

 

You can find the percent of growth in Home Depot’s sales from 2002 to 2006, follow these steps:

 

·         Find the increase in sales from 2002 to 2006.

·         Find what percent that increase is of the 2002 sales.

 

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    1. What was the percent growth in Home Depot’s sales from 2002 to 2006? Do all your work by using scientific notation.
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Answers

2002 5.82 * 10^10

2006 9.08 * 10^10

 

(9.08 * 10^10) - (5.82 * 10^10) = 3.26 *10^10

Find what percent that increase is of the 2002 sales =

(3.26 *  10^10) / (5.82 * 10^10) *100 = 56.01%

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