SOLUTION: Convert to scientific notation. 28,000,000,000

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Question 965070: Convert to scientific notation.
28,000,000,000
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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Place a decimal point between the first two nonzero digits: 2 and 8

2.8

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

So that means (notice how the exponent is 10, which represents how many times you move the decimal point)