A state park has two pools. The olympic size pool holds 8.12 x 105 gallons of water and the smaller pool holds 5.27 x 105 gallons of water. What is the combined capacity of the pools?
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we know thatThe combined capacity of the pools is equal to the capacity of the olympic size pool plus the capacity of the smaller poolsoCapacity of the olympic size pool[tex]8.12*10^{5}\ gallons[/tex]Capacity of the smaller pool[tex]5.27*10^{5}\ gallons[/tex]Adds the two capacities [tex]8.12*10^{5}\ gallons+5.27*10^{5}\ gallons=13.39*10^{5}\ gallons[/tex][tex]13.39*10^{5}\ gallons=1.339*10^{6}\ gallons[/tex]thereforethe answer is[tex]1.339*10^{6}\ gallons[/tex]