Country S has 12,345,000 residents who tested positive for COVID-19. What is the largest place value of the numeric part of this quantity?(1 point)??

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To determine the largest place value of the numeric part of the quantity 12,345,000, we can break down the number:

  • The number is 12,345,000.
  • We can express this number as:
    • \( 12,300,000 = 1 \times 10^7 + 2 \times 10^6 + 3 \times 10^5 + 4 \times 10^4 + 5 \times 10^3 + 0 \times 10^2 + 0 \times 10^1 + 0 \times 10^0 \)

In this representation, the digit in the highest place value is 1, which is in the 10 million place. Therefore, the largest place value in the number 12,345,000 is:

Ten million.