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How to explain 3,482,000,000 in scientific notation

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3.482 x 10⁹
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By definition, we have:

Scientific notation, also called pattern or notation in exponential form, is a way of writing numbers that accommodate values too large (100000000000) or small (0.00000000001) to be written in a conventional manner.

A number written in scientific notation follows the following pattern:


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The number m is called "mantissa" and e the "order of magnitude"

For this case we have the following number:


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Using the definition we have:


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Answer:

The number written in scientific notation is given by:


3.482 * 10 ^ 9

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