Jordan was asked to convert 345,000,000 to scientific notation. His response was 34.5x {10}^(7)his teacher told him he was incorrect. Explain Jordan's mistake and determine the correct answer.

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Jordan was asked to convert 345,000,000 to scientific notation. His response was
$34.5x {10}^(7)$ his teacher told him he was incorrect. Explain Jordan's mistake and determine the correct answer.

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Since we use scientific notation to simplify very large or very small numbers, the correct simplification would be:

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