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Scientific Notation

Write numbers in scientific notation as a x 10^n with 1 <= a < 10, and convert powers of 10 back to standard form.

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Compact numbers

Scientific notation writes very large or very small numbers in a compact form: a x 10^n. The coefficient a must be at least 1 and less than 10.