document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=965070>Question 965070</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Convert to scientific notation.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "28,000,000,000 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #589833 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=589833\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Place a decimal point between the first two nonzero digits: 2 and 8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2.8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "now count how many spots you need to move the decimal point to the right to get back to the original number. You need to move 10 times\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So that means <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE 28,000,000,000 = 2.8 \times 10^{10}\"> (notice how the exponent is 10, which represents how many times you move the decimal point) </SPAN>\n" );
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