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)
Responses
2.79 × 1011
2.79 times 10 superscript 11 baseline
3 × 1011
3 times 10 superscript 11 baseline
2 × 1011
2 times 10 superscript 11 baseline
3 × 10−11
1 answer
The closest estimation of the federal debt at the end of fiscal year 2004 is 2.79 × 10^11.