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Describe how to write 7,421,000,000 in scientific notation. Complete the description. a number that is greater First move the decimal point places to the left to find than or equal to 1 and less than 10. Then multiply I by 10 equals the number of places you moved the decimal. using an exponent on 10 that

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Step-by-step explanation

how to write 7.421.000.000 in scientific notation

Step 1

completing the description

a)First move the decimal point places to the left to find than or equal to 1, it is


7421000000\rightarrow7421,we\text{ found the number

we moved 6 places to find the number 1

b)Then multiply the number you obtained(7421) by 10 using as exponent the number of places you moved the decimal, it is


\begin{gathered} 7421\cdot10^6 \\ \text{then} \\ 7.421.000.000\rightarrow7421\cdot10^6 \end{gathered}

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