We have seen that in 2009, the United States government

Chapter 5, Problem 5.1.909

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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. The Washington Monument, overlooking the U.S. Capitol, stands about 555 feet tall. Stacked end to end, how many monuments would it take to reach 1.35 trillion feet? (Note: Thats more than twice the distance from Earth to the sun.)

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