How do you express $1,405,000,000,000$ in scientific notation?

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Answer 1 · 2016-12-22T23:11:25

$1.405 xx 10^12$

To express this in scientific notation the decimal point needs to be moved 12 places to the left which means it will be a positive 12 exponent:

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$1.405 xx 10^12$

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