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1. According to the Motley Fool, in 2014 there were 148.6 million personal federal tax return filed, and average amount of tax paid per filed was $9,118. Write each of these numbers in scientific notation.

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Answer:


1.486*10^8


9.118*10^3

Explanation:

By definition, the form of Scientific notation is:


a*10^n

Where the base is 10, "a" is any number from 1 to 10 but not including 10, and "n" is an integer.

Therefore to write a number in Scientific notation, the decimal point must be after the first digit and the power "n" must indicate how many places the decimal point is moved.

We know that:


148.6\ million=148,600,000\ millions

Then, we need to move the decimal point 8 places to the left:


=1.486*10^8

To write $9,118 in scientific notation, we need to move the decimal point 3 places to the left:


=9.118*10^3

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