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Question 703773: Explain why scientific notation is helpful for writing some numbers.
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Explain why scientific notation is helpful for writing some numbers.
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It saves time and space and reduces the chance of errors.
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eg, 0.0000000004 = 4E-10 or (4*10^-10)
300000000 = 3E8