SOLUTION: how would i write the scientific notation for the national debt 16,741,646,617,355.29

SOLUTION: how would i write the scientific notation for the national debt 16,741,646,617,355.29

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Question 759165: how would i write the scientific notation for the national debt 16,741,646,617,355.29
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
place the decimal point between the first two digits to get 1.674

Then count the number of spots you need to move the decimal to go from 1.674 to 16,741,646,617,355.29

You have to move the decimal 13 spots to the right, so

16,741,646,617,355.29 = 1.674 x 10^13
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