The population of new york city in 2000 was 8,008,278. what was the order of magnitude of the population of new york city?

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Colt Kirk

19 December, 22:23

The population of new york city in 2000 was 8,008,278. what was the order of magnitude of the population of new york city?

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Abagail Mooney · Answer 1

For the answer to the question above,

If you know how to write numbers in exponential notation, that would give you the answer right away.

8,008,278 = 8.008278 x 10^6 people.

The order of magnitude is the value of the exponent, 6.

Or keep the 8, then count the number of places left = 6.