A fishing boat accidentally spills 6.0 barrels of diesel oil into the ocean.Each barrel contains 42 gallons.If the oil film on the ocean is 2.5 × 10² nm thick,how many square meters will the oil slick cover?

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The volume of the oil spill is 6.0 barrels × 42 gallons/barrel = 252 gallons.Converting to liters: 252 gallons × 3.785 liters/gallon = 954 liters.Converting to cubic meters: 954 liters × 10^-3 m³/liter = 0.954 m³.The area covered by the oil slick is:Area = Volume / ThicknessArea = 0.954 m³ / (2.5 × 10² nm × 10^-9 m/nm) = 3.8 × 10⁶ m².

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