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What is 965,000,000,000,000 in scientific notation?

9.65×10−14
9.65×10−12
​ 9.65×1012 ​
​ 9.65×1014 ​

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the answer is 9.65×10¹⁴

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Answer:

9.65×10¹⁴

Explanation:

The 9 of 9.65 has been moved 14 places to the left to get to its position in 965,000,000,000,000. That is, its value has been multiplied by 10¹⁴.

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If you were to write 965,000,000,000,000 in expanded form, you would write it as ...

... 9×10¹⁴ +6×10¹³ +5×10¹² +0×10¹¹ +... +0×10⁰ = 9.65×10¹⁴

The first term of this sum is a clue as to how the number is written in scientific notation,

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