Answer:
68.47 square centimeters per minute equals 9.860 × 10⁻⁶ square kilometers per day.
Explanation:
From Physics we get that a square kilometer equals 10¹⁰ square centimeters and a day equals 1440 minutes. Then, oil spill growth rate is found by making this conversion:
[tex]x = 68.47\,\frac{cm^{2}}{min}\times \frac{1\,km^{2}}{10^{10}\,cm^{2}} \times \frac{1440\,min}{1\,day}[/tex]
[tex]x = 9.860\times 10^{-6}\,\frac{km^{2}}{day}[/tex]
68.47 square centimeters per minute equals 9.860 × 10⁻⁶ square kilometers per day.
