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What is 78,400,000 expressed in scientific notation?A.78.4 x 10*5B.7.84 x 10*7C.78.4 x 10*6D.784 x 10*4

What is 78,400,000 expressed in scientific notation?A.78.4 x 10*5B.7.84 x 10*7C.78.4 x-example-1
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Solution:

Given:


78,400,000

Scientific notation is a way of writing very large or very small numbers.

A number is written in scientific notation when a number between 1 and 10 is multiplied by a power of 10.

Hence, we move the decimal points such that the number is between 1 and 10 and then multiply it by a power of 10.

Thus,

Hence, the decimal point was moved 7 times to make the number fall between 1 and 10.

The number becomes 7.84 and the power of 10 to which is multiplied is 10 to power 7 because the decimal was moved 7 times.

Hence,


78,400,000=7.84*10^7

Therefore, option B is correct.

What is 78,400,000 expressed in scientific notation?A.78.4 x 10*5B.7.84 x 10*7C.78.4 x-example-1
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