Thomas made 8{,}700 \text{ mL}8,700 mL8, comma, 700, start text, space, m, L, end text of tomato soup. He packed 1.6 \text{ L}1.6 L1, point, 6, start text, space, L, end text of the soup in his kids' lunches. He then froze half of the remaining soup. How many milliliters of soup did Thomas freeze?

3550ml

Step-by-step explanation:

Thomas made 8,700 ml of Soup.

He packed 1.6L in his kid's lunch.

Since our result is required in milliliters, it is more practical to convert all units to milliliters.

1 Litre=1000 millilitre

1.6 Litre=1.6 X 1000 ml =1600ml

Since Thomas packed 1600ml of soup, the remaining volume of soup is determined by the expression:

Total Soup Prepared - Volume of Soup Packed= 8700-1600=7100ml

Remaining Soup=7100ml

Since he froze half of the remaining.

½ of 7100ml=3550ml

Thomas froze 3550ml of soup.

the mistake in the pattern is that :

b. the decimal point was moved one too many place values each time

the correct pattern could be made by :

b. moving the decimal point to the right the same numbers of place values as the exponents