SOLUTION: what is 3,420,000,000 in scientific notation ?

Question 704482: what is 3,420,000,000 in scientific notation ?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Place the decimal between the first two digits 3 and 4, then drop all the zeros off to get 3.42

Now move the decimal 9 spots to the right to get the number 3,420,000,000 again

Since you had to move 9 spots to the right, this means that the exponent is 9

Therefore, $\large 3,420,000,000 = 3.42 \times 10^{9}$

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