Which measurement would be least likely to be written in scientific notation: number of stars in a galaxy, number of grains of sand on a beach, speed of car, or population of a country? Explain

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Which measurement would be least likely to be written in scientific notation: number of stars in a galaxy, number of grains of sand on a beach, speed of car, or population of a country? Explain

Advanced Placement (AP)
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speed of a car because there are not that many digits in the result

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