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?
The number 3.28E12 is already in scientific notation. It represents 3.28 multiplied by 10 raised to the power of 12.
The number 3.28E12 is already in scientific notation. In scientific notation, the number is expressed as a decimal between 1 and 10, multiplied by a power of 10 (in this case, 12). The "E" represents "times 10 raised to the power of." So, 3.28E12 is equivalent to 3.28 multiplied by 10 to the power of 12, which is 3,280,000,000,000.
