80,000,000 in standard form?
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To express 80,000,000 in standard form, we need to rewrite it in a simpler and more concise way. In standard form, a number is represented as a product of a decimal number and a power of 10.
To determine the power of 10, we count the number of zeros in the original number. In this case, there are 7 zeros in 80,000,000.
Next, we need to find the decimal number. We can obtain it by moving the decimal point to the left until there is only one non-zero digit to the left of the decimal point.
Starting with 80,000,000, we can move the decimal point 7 places to the left to get 8.0.
Now, we have everything we need to express 80,000,000 in standard form. The decimal number is 8.0, and the power of 10 is 7. Therefore, 80,000,000 in standard form is 8.0 x 10^7.
Note that sometimes, the decimal number can be expressed as a decimal fraction if the original number has digits to the right of the decimal point. In this case, 80,000,000 is an integer, so the decimal number is simply 8.0.