SOLUTION: what is the scientific notation of 324,000,000?

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Question 126526: what is the scientific notation of 324,000,000?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
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324,000,000
Keep moving the decimal point going from right to left until
the decimal point is to the right of the leftmost digit.
3.24000000
Each time you moved the decimal point you made the number smaller
by a factor of 1/10. Now, to correct for that, you have to multiply
by 10 for each time you moved the decimal point
3.24 x 10 x 10 x 10 x 10 x 10 x 10 x 10 x 10
This is the answer, but it is expressed more compactly as
3.24%2A10%5E8