At the end of fiscal year 2004, the federal debt of Country C is $278,560,125,000. What is the closest estimation of this amount? Express your answer in the form of a single digit times an integer power of 10.

A) 3 x 10^-11
B) 3 x 10^11
C) 2 x 10^11
D) 2.79 10^11

The closest estimation of $278,560,125,000 can be expressed as $2.79 x 10^11. Therefore, the answer is D) 2.79 x 10^11.