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What is incorrect about this problem written in scientific notation?314x10^9

User Constantine M
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we have the expression


314\cdot10^9

in scientific notation


314\cdot10^9=314\cdot10^9\cdot(10^2)/(10^2)=3.14\cdot10^((11))

the correct expression in scientific notation is 3.14x10^11

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