How do you write the scientific notation for 17 billion?

Answer 1

I believe it is 1.7 x 1013

1.7 because you can only have 3's 1-9 in sci notation

and 13 because 17 billion has 12 zeros, you add one because you are reducing 17 to 1.7

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