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OpenStudy (anonymous):

I am confused. a. Write in Words: 80,000,000,000. - Eight Billion b. Write using scientific notation. - ???

OpenStudy (anonymous):

it is not eight billion it is eighty billion

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Write using scientific notation. \[\large 8\times 10^{\text{number of zeros you see}}\]

OpenStudy (larseighner):

Traditional British usage differs from American and Continental usage. In British English, the number might be eighty thousand million.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

that is why there are no billionaires in england

OpenStudy (anonymous):

oh Thanks satellite! And sorry the Eight Billion was a typo.

OpenStudy (larseighner):

Yes. American English: 1 billion = 1000 million. British English: 1 billion = 1 million million. However, many British writers and editors are trending to the American usage because it is also consistent with Continential usage.

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