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Numbers in scientific notation
The speed of light is 300,000,000 m/sec.
This can be written in scientific notation as 3 x 10 to the power of 8 or as 3 x 10^8.
The numb er 134000000000 can be written in scientific notation as 1.34 x 10^11.
The first number 1.34 is called the coefficient. It must be greater or equal to1 and less then 10.The second number is called he base. It must always be10and is always be written in exponent form in scientific notation.
