Question

The national debt in 2013 was $16,755,133,009,522. What is the smallest power of 10 that will exceed this number.​

Answer 1

`10^(14)`

Explanation:

In scientific notation, the national debt in 2013 was approximately

`1.67 * 10^(13)`

You can see this by taking the decimal point between the 1 and 6 and moving it 13 places to the right.

The smallest power of 10 that will be larger than this number is
`10^(14)`.