SOLUTION: What would be the value of expressing something like the national debt in scientific notation? What information would be lost in such a usage? Is that important?Explain why or why

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Question 714314: What would be the value of expressing something like the national debt in scientific notation? What information would be lost in such a usage? Is that important?Explain why or why not.

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. Avoidance of writer's cramp. Loss of insignificant digits. Depends on whether the insignificant digits are important to the point you are trying to make, but probably not.

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