Introductory and Intermediate Algebra Problems
1. The mass of Earth is about 6 x 10^21 metric tons. The mass of the sun is about 1.998 x 10^27 metric tons. About how many times the mass of Earth is the mass of the sun? Express the answer in scientific notation. 2. The perimeter P of a square of side x is given by the polynomial equation: P=4x. A baseball diamond is a squ