document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=704482>Question 704482</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> what is 3,420,000,000 in scientific notation ? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #434101 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><B>jim_thompson5910(35256)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=434101\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Place the decimal between the first two digits 3 and 4, then drop all the zeros off to get 3.42\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now move the decimal 9 spots to the right to get the number 3,420,000,000 again\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since you had to move 9 spots to the right, this means that the exponent is 9\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" src=\"http://latex.codecogs.com/gif.latex?\large 3,420,000,000 = 3.42 \times 10^{9}\" title=\"\large 3,420,000,000 = 3.42 \times 10^{9}\" />\r<BR>\n" );
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