In government class, Nadia computed the amount of debt of the federal government after a third of it was paid in 1995. The calculator displayed the number 3.28E12. What is this number in scientific notation?(1 point)
Responses
3.28+1012
3.28 plus 10 superscript 12 baseline
12×103.28
12 times 10 superscript 3.28 baseline
3.28×1012
3.28 times 10 superscript 12 baseline
3.28×10−12
3.28 times 10 to the power of 12
The correct answer is:
3.28 × 10^12
The correct answer is: 3.28 × 10^12.
To explain how to get to this answer:
The number 3.28E12 is already written in scientific notation. In scientific notation, a number is written as a product of a coefficient and a power of 10. The coefficient is usually a number between 1 and 10, and the power of 10 represents the number of decimal places the original number needs to be shifted.
In this case, the coefficient is 3.28, and the power of 10 is 12. This means that we multiply 3.28 by 10 raised to the power of 12.
So the answer in scientific notation is 3.28 × 10^12.