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29000 = 2.9*104
Scientific notation is when you have a number between one and ten multiplied by a power of ten to more simply express a large number.

For 29000, one would simply break it up into a power of ten multiplied by a number between one and ten. There are three zeros, meaning one thousand, and one would think that therefore the power of ten would be 103. However, this is not the case. What is left over is 29. 29 is certainly not between 1 and ten. However, 2.9 is. There you simply divided by ten. So you must add another power to your power of ten.

The scientific notation would therefore be :

104 x 2.9.

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