fishing boat accidentally spills 15 barrels of diesel oil into the ocean. Each barrel contains 42 gallons. If the oil film on the ocean is 2.5 x 102 nm thick, how many square meters will the oil slick cover?    a) 9.5 x 106 m2  b) 9.5 x 10-3 m2  c) 9.5 x 107 m2  d) none of these

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A fishing boat accidentally spills 15 barrels of diesel oil into the ocean. Each barrel contains 42 gallons. If the oil film on the ocean is 2.5 x 102 nm thick, how many square meters will the oil slick cover?

 

 a) 9.5 x 106 m2
 b) 9.5 x 10-3 m2
 c) 9.5 x 107 m2
 d) none of these 
 

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