Charlee is using her calculator to find the product of two large numbers. Her calculator shows 1.78E12 on the display. Interpret what this means
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1.78E12 is scientific notation for 1.78 multiplied by 10 to the power of 12. In other words, the actual number is 1.78 followed by 12 zeros. So, the product of the two large numbers that Charlee is calculating is 1.78 with 12 zeros after it.
what would a 1.78 with twelve zeros behind it look like?
A 1.78 with twelve zeros behind it would be written as:
1,780,000,000,000
1,780,000,000,000
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