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What do scientists use scientific notation for?

What do scientists use scientific notation for?
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What do scientists use scientific notation for?

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So that they will not have to use so many zeros.
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Scientists use scientific notation to simplify numbers, basically. When dealing with really big numbers or really small numbers, the usage of scientific notation prevents them from having to write a bunch of zeroes.
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