We have seen that in 2009, the United States government

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We have seen that in 2009, the United States government spent more than it had collected in taxes, resulting in a budget deficit of $1.35 trillion. In Exercises 139142, you will use scientific notation to put a number like 1.35 trillion in perspective. a. Express 1.35 trillion in scientific notation. b. A trip around the world at the Equator is approximately 25,000 miles. Express this number in scientific notation. c. Use your scientific notation answers from parts (a) and (b) to answer this question: How many times can you circle the world at the Equator by traveling 1.35 trillion miles?

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