To write 67,000,000,000 in scientific notation, follow these steps:
1. Identify the significant digits in the number. For 67,000,000,000, the significant digits are 6.7.
2. Determine the power of 10 needed to express the number. Here, 67,000,000,000 can be written as 6.7 multiplied by 10 to the power of 10, because we are shifting the decimal point 10 places to the left.
Thus, 67,000,000,000 is written as:
[tex]\[ 6.7 \times 10^{10} \][/tex]
