QuestionConvert $68,500,000$ to scientific notation.

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STEP 1

Assumptions1. The number to be converted to scientific notation is $68,500,000$

STEP 2

Scientific notation is a way of writing numbers that are too big or too small to be conveniently written in decimal form. It is written as a product of a number between1 and10 and a power of10.

STEP 3

To convert a number to scientific notation, move the decimal point to the right of the first non-zero digit. Count the number of places you moved the decimal.
$68,500,000 =6.85 \times10^7$

STEP 4

The number of places you moved the decimal is the exponent on the10. If you moved the decimal to the left, the exponent is positive. If you moved the decimal to the right, the exponent is negative.
In this case, we moved the decimal7 places to the left, so the exponent is positive7.
So, $68,500,000$ in scientific notation is $6.85 \times10^7$ .

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