How do you express $3 times10^9$ in standard notation?

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Answer 1 · 2017-08-19T20:53:36

Because the exponent for the 10s term is positive we need to move the decimal point 9 places to the right:

$3 xx 10^9 = 3,000,000,000$ or $3$ billion.

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