To compare these numbers using scientific notation, we need to represent them in the form of `a × 10^b`, where `a` is a number greater than or equal to 1 but less than 10 and `b` is an integer.
12,740,876,635 can be written in scientific notation as 1.2740876635 × 10^10.
1,345,763,334 can be written in scientific notation as 1.345763334 × 10^9.
12,920,370,000 can be written in scientific notation as 1.292037 × 10^10.
To compare, we only need to look at the values of `a` as `b` is the exponent and does not influence the magnitude of the number.
The number with the greatest value is 1.292037 × 10^10, represented in scientific notation, which corresponds to 12,920,370,000.
Use scientific notation to compare these numbers: 12,740,876,635; 1,345,763,334; and 12,920,370,000, which has the greatest value?(1 point
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