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(Science/math) please answer fast. read the problem below. please don't report if i got subject wrong

Scientists write very large and very small numbers using scientific notation. A gram of carbon has about 50,000,000,000,000,000,000 atoms. Express this in scientific notation.
a. Move the decimal until one nonzero digit remains on the left: 5.0000000000000000000

b. Count how the places you moved. In this case, 19 places left.

c. Show that number as a power of 10. The exponent is negative if the decimal moves right and positive if it moves left. Answer: 5 × 10 19

d. Reverse the process to change scientific notation back to a whole number.

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Answer:

d

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Answer:

i think it is D

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