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California population is about 39,780,000 in 2020; Los Angeles Country population is about 10,079,000. Write these numbers in scientific notation. About how many times larger is California than LA Country?

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In scientific notation, 10^n where n are the terms after the comma, so for California would be:

39780000=39.78x10^6

And for Los Angeles Country:

10079000=10.079x10^6

To know how many times larger is California than LA Country, we just divide them, California is 3.95 times larger than LA Country

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