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I'm not the greatest with scientific notation the question iswrite 1,340 in scientific notation

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In order to write a number in scientific notation, the number will be in the following format:


a\cdot10^b

Where 'a' is a number greater than or equal 1 and lesser than 10.

The number 1340 has 4 digits, the greatest digit has a value of 1 thousand, so in order to put this number in scientific notation, let's divide and multiply it by 1000:


1340=(1340)/(1000)\cdot1000=1.34\cdot10^3

Now we have a number in scientific notation, because the first number is between 1 and 10.

So the answer is 1.34 * 10^3

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