document.write( "Question 332928: 7th grade pre-algebra problem: The African bush elephant is the largest land animal and weighs about 8 tons. Write this amount in exponential form. \r
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2000 lbs in a ton ___ 16000 or 1.6x10^4 lbs ___ sometimes written as 1.6E4\r
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