Write in Scientific Notation

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Answer 1

To write the number 34,200,000 in scientific notation, you can express it as:

\[ 3.42 \times 10^7 \]

Here's how we arrived at that:

1. Move the decimal point in 34,200,000 to the left until there is only one non-zero digit to the left of the decimal point. This gives us 3.42.
2. Count how many places you moved the decimal point. In this case, it moved 7 places to the left.
3. The final result in scientific notation is \( 3.42 \times 10^7 \).