Answer:
1.115 times larger.
Step-by-step explanation:
Given:
The total home attendance for a professional basketball team in 2010 was about = [tex]8.2\times10^{5}[/tex]
The total home attendance for a professional basketball team in 2008 was about = [tex]7.175\times10^{5}[/tex]
Question asked:
How many times as Large was the attendance in 2010 as 2008 ?
Solution:
To calculate number of times the attendance is larger in 2010 than in 2008, we will simply divide total home attendance in 2010 by total home attendance in 2008,
[tex]\frac{8.2\times10^{5} }{7.175\times10^{5} } \ [\frac{ a^{m}}{a^{n} } =a^{m-n} ] \\\\[/tex]
[tex]\frac{8.2\times10^{5-5} }{7.175} \\ \\ \frac{8\times10^{0} }{7.175} \ [a^{0} =1]\\ \\ \frac{8}{7.175} = 1.115[/tex]
Thus, the total home attendance in 2010 is 1.115 times larger than in 2008.
