Explain why you might want to write very large and very small numbers like the ones in the example problem in scientific notatio

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Explain why you might want to write very large and very small numbers like the ones in the example problem in scientific notatio

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slava [35] · Answer 1 · 2022-09-27T12:21:57+03:00

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Extremely large and small numbers that have many zeros are long to write and take up a lot of room. So, by using scientific notation a number can be written shorter. For example, numbers such as 295,000,000,000 can be shortened to 2.95x $10^{11}$ . This is easier to write and understand. This is why the scientific notation is used over standard.