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?

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]