A dripping faucet loses about 2.5*10-42.5*10^-4 liters of water each minute. There are approximately 3*1053*10^5 minutes in a month. About how many liters of water are lost because of the dripping faucet in a month? Drag and drop the values to the boxes to express the answer in scientific notation.

For this case we can start from the definition of the flow.

Flow rate is defined as the quotient between volume and time.

So, we have

Q = V / t

By clearing the volume, we have:

V = Q * t

Substituting the values.

V = ((2.5 * 10 ^ - 42.5) * (10 ^ - 4)) * ((3 * 10 ^ 53) * (10 ^ 5))

V = 2.37E + 12

answer

Approximately 2.37E + 12 liters of water are lost due to the dripping faucet every month.