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Shawn said that in standard notation,

7.142 x 107 will have 7 zeros after the
2 because the exponent is a 7. Is he
correct? Why or why not?

Shawn said that in standard notation, 7.142 x 107 will have 7 zeros after the 2 because-example-1
User Ikegami
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Answer:

This is incorrect.

Explanation:

You move the decimal 7 places to the right after the 7. Since 2 is the third digit, you're adding 4 more zeros.

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