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Which of the following correctly expresses the number below in scientific notation?

979,000,000

A. \( 979 \times 10^9 \)

B. \( 9.79 \times 10^6 \)

C. \( 9.79 \times 10^8 \)

D. \( 979 \times 10^7 \)

E. \( 9.79 \times 10 \)

F. \( 97.9 \times 10^8 \)

Answer :

Answer:
C. 9.79 • 10^8

Explanation:
In scientific notation, only keep the first digit, which is the 9 in this question.

*9*79,000,000

Insert a decimal after the first 9.
9.79000000

Starting from the rightmost end, drop all the zeroes until you reach a non-zero digit.
9.79

Multiply by ten to the power of the number of place values you started with after the first 9.

9.79 • 10^8

Answer:

C. 9.79 • 10^8

Explanation:

9*79,000,000

There is 8 digits after 9 which would result in this answer choice to being c.

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