Question

At the end of fiscal year 2004, the federal debt of Country C is $278,560, 125,000. What is the closest estimation of this amount? Express your answer in the form of a single digit times an integer power of 10 (1 point)
0 2 × 1011
0 3 × 10 11
О 3 x 1011
O 2.79 × 1011

Answer 1

The closest estimation of the federal debt at the end of fiscal year 2004 would be $280 billion, which is equal to $2.8 × 10^11 or Option D: 2.79 × 10^11.